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Muslim women are doubly trapped in the limiting sexist discourse of gender exclusivity and religious patriarchy and yet existing in different locales make their experiences of resistance distinct and diverse. Applying Gayatri Spivak’s theory of the double bind to the condition of Muslim women, I contend that Muslim women are constantly imprisoned in the double bind where ‘the burden of decision making is also the burden of responsibility’ for them, which includes the responsibility of keeping intact the honor of their family, society, nation, and the whole Muslim community. The double bind becomes that existential crisis for Muslim women where despite all efforts of liberation the Muslim woman constantly finds herself struggling with the expectations and stereotypes of what it is to be a Muslim woman. My research examines ways in which Muslim women challenge the double bind that imprisons them simultaneously in the Eurocentric discourse for being ‘oppressed Muslim women’, and patriarchal and religious discourse at ‘home’ for being brash and unashamed libertines and not being Muslim ‘enough’. This dissertation has looked at the ways in which Muslim Women have endeavored to reoccupy the hegemonic discourse, utilizing the liminal spaces and interstices open to them by virtue of existing in unique milieus in which to construct their identity."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Reimagining Muslim Women: Gendered Religious Life and Resistance in the Age of Islamophobia"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Mardorossian, Carine","English"],"dc:creator":["Sahar, Naila; 0000-0002-9822-3303"],"dc:date":["2018-10-26T02:54:59Z","2018","2018-07-29 13:39:13"],"dc:description":["Ph.D.","My dissertation ‘Reimagining the Muslim women: Gendered Religious Life and Resistance in the age of Islamophobia’ looks at those instances of intervention where Muslim women voice their concerns, and challenge the stereotypes of the Other either in script or action. 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