On 31 March 2025, Edinburgh University Press published NESA Center alumna Fatima Sadiqi's new book, "Daesh Ideology and Women’s Rights in the Maghreb: A Reaction to Homegrown Modernity."

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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About the Author

Fatima Sadiqi is a senior professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, in Fez, Morocco. Her work focuses on women and gender issues in modern North Africa. She is author and editor of numerous volumes and journal issues, including: Women, Gender and Language (Brill 2003); Women’s Activism and the Public Sphere: Local/Global Linkages (Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies 2006); Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean (Routledge 2013); Moroccan Feminist Discourses (Palgrave Macmillan 2014); and Women’s Movements in the Post-“Arab Spring” North Africa (2016).

About the Publisher

Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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