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Based on extensive fieldwork data, Daesh Ideology and Women's Rights in the Maghreb argues that Daesh's radicalized gender regime does not only target Western modernity; it also targets a homegrown modernity in the Maghreb. While the former is historically built on the exclusion of religion, the latter is built on the reform of Islamic law. Women's legal rights in the Maghreb constitute a solid entry point to examine and explain the rise of Daesh ideology in the Maghreb. While the book situates various informants within a larger political history, it prioritises conceptual ideology and aims to understand the depth and effect of this ideology.

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This is an innovative book in the study of gender and political groups. Sadiqi addresses the puzzling question of what pushed young men and women to risk their lives and willingly join Daesh. Combining a thorough historical and cultural analysis of the Maghreb with interviews, the book offers unique insights into Daesh ideology and how it was received – an invaluable contribution and a must read! -- Mounira M. Charrad, University of Texas Austin

This is an innovative book in the study of gender and political groups. Sadiqi addresses the puzzling question of what pushed young men and women to risk their lives and willingly join Daesh. Combining a thorough historical and cultural analysis of the Maghreb with interviews, the book offers unique insights into Daesh ideology and how it was received - an invaluable contribution and a must read!--Mounira M. Charrad, University of Texas Austin

This is an innovative book in the study of gender and political groups. Sadiqi addresses the puzzling question of what pushed young men and women to risk their lives and willingly join Daesh. Combining a thorough historical and cultural analysis of the Maghreb with interviews, the book offers unique insights into Daesh ideology and how it was received – an invaluable contribution and a must read! -- Mounira M. Charrad, University of Texas Austin Overall, with solid references, a systematic argument, and abundant resources drawn from primary data, including ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, and documentation from Daesh’s magazines, Sadiqi examines Daesh ideology from a fresh perspective through a decolonising lens. Her research approach, particularly the systematic presentation of informants in tabular form and the inclusion of two appendices featuring interview excerpts and focus group discussion reports, provides valuable lessons for emerging and established scholars. -- Wahyudi Akmaliah * Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism *

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Fatima Sadiqi is a Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies, affiliated to Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fès, Morocco. She obtained her BA from Mohammed V University in Rabat and her MA and PhD from Essex University in England. In 1998, she founded the first Moroccan Centre for Studies and Research on Women, and in 2000 she founded the first Graduate Program on Gender Studies, both structures still functioning at her university. In 2006, she founded the Isis Centre for Women and Development, and in 2018 she was elected President of the Association of Middle Eastern Studies, the first woman to be elected to this position from the Maghreb. Her books include Women, Gender and Language in Morocco (Brill, 2003), Women’s Activism and the Public Sphere: Local/Global Linkages (Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2006), Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Agents of Change (Routledge, 2010), Moroccan Feminist Discourses (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), and Women’s Movements in the Post - “Arab Spring” North Africa (Palgrave Macmillan , 2016). Sadiqi’s work has been supported by numerous prestigious awards and fellowships from Fulbright, Harvard University, The Woodrow Wilson Center, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the ZIF Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Germany). Since August 2022, she has been hired as Visiting Professor by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar).

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