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Dr. Ziba Mir-Hosseini is a legal anthropologist
specializing in Islamic law, gender, and development. She is currently
Professorial Research Associate at the Centre for Middle Eastern and
Islamic Law, University of London. In this lecture, Dr. Mir-Hosseini
explores the Islamic feminist movement's potential for changing the
terms of debates over Islam and gender, arguing that the real battle is
between patriarchy and despotism on the one hand, and gender equality
and democracy on the other.
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