Vol 12, #3, March 2011

Introduction

The Fourth Wave: Revolution and Democratization in the Arab Middle East
By Muhamad Olimat

Essays

Arab Women and Political Development
 By Rowaida Al Maaitah, Hadeel Al Maaitah, Hmoud Olaimat, and Muntaha Gharaeibeh

The Millennium Development Goals: Prospects for Gender Equality in the Arab World
By Nadine Sika

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Women and Misyar Marriage: Evolution and Progress in the Arabian Gulf
By Tofol Jassim Al-Nasr

Woman Entrepreneurship in the Al-Batinah Region of Oman: An identification of the Barriers
By Ruqaya Al-Sadi, Rakesh Belwal, Raya Al-Badi

Women and the Kuwaiti National Assembly
By Muhamad S. Olimat

Women's Empowerment in Bahrain
By Fakir Al Gharaibeh

Job Satisfaction among Women in the United Arab Emirates
By Musa Shallal

Engaging Ancient Islamic Traditions in the Poetry of Saleha Ghabesh
By Saddik M. Gohar

Promoting Gender-Sensitive Justice and Legal Reform in the Palestinian Territories: Perspectives of Palestinian Service Providers
By Stephanie Chaban

Factors Associated with Contraceptive Use among Jordanian Muslim Women: Implications for Health and Social Policy
By Muntaha K. Gharaibeh, Arwa Oweis, Farouk MN Shakhatreh, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher

Women's rights: Tunisian Women in the Workplace
By Sangeeta Sinha

Algerian Women between French Emancipation and Religious Domination on Marriage and Divorce from 1959 Ordonnance no. 59-274 to the 1984 Code de la Famille
By Teresa Camacho de Abes

The Other Extremists: Marxist Feminism in Egypt, 1980-2000
By Hanan Hammad

Attitudes toward Women’s Participation in Public Life in the United Arab Emirates
By Husein Mohammad Al-Othman