Synopsis:
Lila Abu-Lughod in her book “Do Muslim Women Need Saving” writes about how the west victimizes the Arab women and how this issue is related to colonialism and transnational feminism. She criticizes the current strategy used in the war against terror which focuses on the culture of the other, portraying the west as rescuers of the eastern victims against the sovereignty of the current eastern regimes. She also emphasizes on this relationship between the east and the west highlights the colonial feminism and create the chain of “white men saving brown women of brown men”. (Spivak/Abu-Lughod). Finally, Abu-Lughod advocates that the ideology of victimizing Arab women must be abolished, and the reality in regard to their liberty and achievements must be presented in the right way.
Rationale:
As an Arab woman born and raised in the Middle East, and following my professional background working under the UN umbrella advocating for human rights, I choose to write about how the west portrays the Arab women, and how they are presented as victims of the current eastern regimes. Following this stereotyping, I feel it is my duty to inform the public about the reality of the lives of these women by presenting some current examples of human rights Arab women activities, focusing on their achievements and how their efforts affected the human rights movements in the MENA region.
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Keywords: Sovereignty, Victimization, Stereotyping
Author: Jadal
When I read this article, I finally got more clarity to why Arab women lost their rights and privilege in western society. It is quite interesting how we associate an act of terrorism that took place in the west to the entire Muslim population and label them as dangerous. In that sense, I could make the claim that someone who participates in a white supremacy group in the west can make the whole western nation also a terrorist or be categorized as dangerous. I do agree that stereotyping and generalizing one community is wrong. However, as media becomes more involved within our life, issues like these become overly exaggerated and misrepresented not just to white people but to people of…