Western Mimicry or Cultural Hybridity
Qasim Amin ( 1865-1908) remains one of Egypt's most controversial figures in the early modem women's rights movement. His use of Orientalist arguments to support the advancement of women's rights and to reform veiling was inflammatory to Egyptians demanding their rights for self-det...
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oai:doaj.org-article:d496e919dcb54c1e903f78caf3c8bf872021-12-02T17:49:45ZWestern Mimicry or Cultural Hybridity10.35632/ajis.v19i4.19152690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/d496e919dcb54c1e903f78caf3c8bf872002-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1915https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Qasim Amin ( 1865-1908) remains one of Egypt's most controversial figures in the early modem women's rights movement. His use of Orientalist arguments to support the advancement of women's rights and to reform veiling was inflammatory to Egyptians demanding their rights for self-determination. Yet embracing aspects of the imperial value system did not mean that Amin succumbed to colonialism. Instead, he found compatibilities between his interpretations of Orientalism and lslam regarding women's morality and the nation's strength. The fusion and hybridity of indigenous and colonial epistemologies can be found in Amin's demand for reforming women's rights in Egypt. Nergis MazidInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 19, Iss 4 (2002) |
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Qasim Amin ( 1865-1908) remains one of Egypt's most controversial figures in the early modem women's rights movement. His use of Orientalist arguments to support the advancement of women's rights and to reform veiling was inflammatory to Egyptians demanding their rights for self-determination. Yet embracing aspects of the imperial value system did not mean that Amin succumbed to colonialism. Instead, he found compatibilities between his interpretations of Orientalism and lslam regarding women's morality and the nation's strength. The fusion and hybridity of indigenous and colonial epistemologies can be found in Amin's demand for reforming women's rights in Egypt.
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