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The Romantic Illusion of Resistance: Traces of Power Transformations in the Lives of Bedouin Women (Part Four and Final)

Author: Leila Abu Laghad, Professor, Columbia University Translator: Ruhollah Taheri In the past, Bedouin marriages were also a scene of competition between men and women, as two groups. There is still a kind of formal ritual struggle between the groom and his peers on the one hand and the bride and the women around him on the other when the groom enters the hajj to take possession of the bride’s virginity; but older women complain of a change i…
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Author: Leila Abu Laghad, Professor, Columbia University Translator: Ruhollah Taheri In the past, Bedouin marriages were also a scene of competition between men and women, as two groups. There is still a kind of formal ritual struggle between the groom and his peers on the one hand and the bride and the women around him on the other when the groom enters the hajj to take possession of the bride’s virginity; but older women complain of a change i…

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روزنامه اطلاعات روز broke the news in on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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