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Isobel Coleman discusses an emerging movement of Islamic feminism.
Speaker: Isobel Coleman, Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program and Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
May 5, 2010
CFR's Isobel Coleman discusses the growing movement of Islamic feminism in light of her new book, Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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