Arab_Women

Arab Women How are Arab women in GCC countries battling stereotypes in education, workplace, politics and family but yet they wish to keep their identity with the hijab as well as prosper in the world' It is one of the many questions asked by people who believe on the lives that have been represented by the American Mass Media. It is believed that Arab women are pitiful creatures who follow their husbands like a dark shadow, is forced to remain silent and obey their husbands at all times, and is granted a body only to deliver more children, perhaps more in competition with her husband’s other wives. However, there is an astounding disconnection between the image of Arab women created by the Media and the actual lives of Arab Women. Due to the Media’s ‘actual’ image, stereotype spins uncontrollable, becoming more wild and absurd. The image portrayed is not only degrading and wrong rather its ludicrous. 1400 years ago, Muslim women started their liberation with the help in Prophet Mohammed. Islamic women have been born with the rights that the western women now seek – “spiritual and cultural” At that time, while Muslim Women that they had a soul, Christianity was trying to women, arab, percent, education, now, family, workplace, politics, world, rather, increase, families, egypt, workforce, woman, time, started, rights, rate, population, media, islam, introduced, hijab, been, al-qazzat, women’s, while, wear, trying, thus, saudi, rules, political, muslim