Human Rights in the Arab World

Why have human rights been marginalized in the Arab world? How do we gauge the relevance of human rights in the region, given the political, social, and economic context? What are the practical and theoretical obstacles to the implementation of these rights?Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voicesoffers perspectives from those at the forefront of research on human rights and Islam, globalization, transnational advocacy, and the politics of key states such as Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen. Some chapters provide essential historical background to current political realities, while others consider ways to confront this region's practical and theoretical challenges to human rights. By placing the question of human rights in the often tragic context of Arab politics, the very real stakes are made clear.

Anthony Chase teaches in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College. Amr Hamzawy is Senior Associate at the Democracy and Rule of Law Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Introduction: Human Rights and Agency in the Arab World	p. 1
Human Rights, Islam, Islamists
The Tail and the Dog: Constructing Islam and Human Rights in Political Context	p. 21
A Question of Human Rights Ethics: Defending the Islamists	p. 37
Globalization and the Impact of Human Rights
Globalization and Human Rights: On a Current Debate Among Arab Intellectuals	p. 51
Transnational Human Rights Networks and Human Rights in Egypt	p. 64
Women, Citizenship, and Civil Society in the Arab World	p. 89
Problems of Human Rights NGOs and Activism
Human Rights in the Arab World: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Human Rights Activism	p. 107
Human Rights NGOs and the "Foreign Funding Debate" in Egypt	p. 114
Justice in Heaven	p. 127
Country-Specific Case Studies
Some Yemeni Ideas About Human Rights	p. 137
Got Rights? Public Interest Litigation and the Egyptian Human Rights Movement	p. 153
When the Time Is Ripe: The Struggle to Create an Institutional Culture of Human Rights in Morocco	p. 174
Conclusion: Normative and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Arab Debates on Human Rights	p. 197
Documents	p. 201
Treaty Ratifications, Notable Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations	p. 237
Notes	p. 283
List of Contributors	p. 311
Index	p. 315
Acknowledgments	p. 323
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