https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/ Muslims Womens Studies(MWS) en daily 1 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0330 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0330 https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/article_734612.html This study aims to answer the question of how the discourse of the Islamic Revolution represents Iranian women's identity by employing Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis to explore the redefinition of women's identity within Iran's cultural, political, and social contexts. The theoretical framework is based on critical discourse analysis, Islamic approach, and intersectionality theory to investigate the relationship between language and power, religious dignity, and intra-group differences. Data were collected from official documents, public media, and digital content. Findings reveal that the discourse of the Islamic Revolution represents women through key terms ("dignity," "empowerment," "gender justice") and metaphors ("driver of Islamic civilization," "pillar of resistance") portraying them as loyal mothers and wives, entrepreneurs and educated individuals, and as models of civilizational resistance consistent with Islamic norms. Media and digital content reinforce this identity with heroic narratives. This discourse elevates women to the status of "civilizational mother-actor" and "scientific resistant woman" in opposition to Western discourses that reduce women to consumer objects, yet it reveals gaps with social realities such as limited economic participation and intersectional inequalities. The intersectional analysis shows that by integrating familial, scientific, and civilizational roles, this discourse strengthens social cohesion and regime legitimacy but primarily represents urban and educated women, while rural and ethnic minority women are less visible. The study emphasizes the need for policymaking to strengthen women's economic roles, reduce geographic and ethnic inequalities, and deepen gender justice. https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/article_735092.html Women form a sizeable proportion of our population and thus constitute the most important source of human resource development; central to the development of any race, culture, nation or civilization. Empowerment of women has become one of the most important concerns of 21st century. The questions surrounding women's empowerment, the condition and position of women have now become critical to the human rights based approaches to development. Being a worldwide slogan and one of the Millennium Development Goals, women empowerment aims at empowering women in different spheres of life. The political component of empowerment entails the ability to analyze the surrounding environment in political and social terms and the ability to organize and mobilize for social change. The changing political context at the international level allowed women to organize and use national and international political structures to highlight issues of gender inequality. Women’s standing in society has major implications for its economic, social and political functioning. Given the complexity of political, societal and international interrelations, one has to systematically think about the strategies and concrete proposals for future action if one hopes to achieve such a goal. However, the political empowerment of women has not been properly conceptualized, and justified and not much is known about the experiences in women’ political empowerment across nations. https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/article_735093.html The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of the physical quality of the work environment on reducing stress in women, and to identify effective factors in improving the quality of the work environment for women in Iran and Turkey. With the increasing presence of women in various social spheres and the multiple responsibilities they undertake, attention to improving their work environment conditions has become particularly important. A suitable work environment not only affects the personal growth of women, but also the creation of quality and aesthetically pleasing work spaces can help reduce stress and increase the efficiency of women. This research uses a descriptive-comparative method to examine stress in women in Iran and Turkey, and data has been collected through field studies, questionnaires, and in-depth interviews with working women in both countries. In addition, the effects of environmental design on the behavior and emotions of women in both countries have been analyzed. The results show that appropriate design and the physical quality of the work environment can significantly affect the reduction of stress in women. Creating safe and beautiful spaces with appropriate functionality not only helps to improve the quality of women's working lives, but also increases their efficiency and productivity. Furthermore, cultural and social differences in both countries are observable in how these factors exert their influence. https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/article_735094.html As technology advanced and industrial societies began to emerge, it was anticipated that humanity—relying on scientific achievements—would realize its long-standing aspiration of building a better world. However, despite benefiting from the manifestations of modernity, many Third World societies failed to bring prosperity and well-being to their nations. This study examines the anti-utopian (dystopian) perspective in the poetry of contemporary Muslim Arab women. Unlike utopian studies, anti-utopian literature critiques existing socio-political realities and inspires transformative thought toward a more just society. This interdisciplinary research—rooted in the emerging field of dystopian poetics—explores the expression of social and existential crises through poetic discourse. Adopting a descriptive-analytical methodology, this article investigates how Arab women poets portray dystopian themes as a response to oppression, war, and the absence of fundamental freedoms. The findings suggest that, across various national contexts, themes such as war, injustice, and the suppression of freedoms are central to the construction of an “Arab dystopia” in the poetic imagination of Arab women writers. https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/article_735613.html Textual criticism, in the sense of freedom in extracting meaning from the text, has made possible various approaches for theologians of the sacred text. Meanwhile, feminist theology has also had various approaches in dealing with the sacred text, from rejection and acceptance to revision and reconstruction. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza is a Romanian Catholic feminist theologian of German origin who lives in Germany and has a reconstructionist approach to interpreting the sacred text. She does not view the sacred text as a set of data and propositions that must be understood by simply searching among the words, but rather as a system of thought that has its own central elements, patterns, and traditions. In her view, interpretation includes strategies that must be focused on the social and historical situation of the reader and the text, and understanding womanhood from the perspective of the sacred text depends more on the individual's position in the patterns and symbolic order endorsed by the text than on the passages related to gender within the text. Amina Wadud (Mary Tesla) is an American Muslim feminist Quran scholar. Wadud's fundamental premise is that although the Quran does not inherently favor men over women, the dominant Quranic interpretations throughout history, written largely by men and influenced by patriarchal mindsets, have been gender-biased and have falsely created the impression that women are subordinate beings in Islam. https://womenstudy.abu.ac.ir/article_735818.html The necessity and importance of a woman's psychological security within the family environment, although facing differences in definitions, constituent elements, and ethical and jurisprudential principles in legal texts, is accepted and emphasized by [religious authorities]. This research, employing a descriptive-analytical method with a comparative approach, analyzes this fundamental question through the collection and analysis of data from primary legal texts and laws of Iran, using a library-based approach. Adopting a comparative approach in examining the five schools of jurisprudence, the argument is made that ensuring this security is not merely an ethical recommendation, but a religious obligation and a legal right rooted in the philosophy of family formation in Islam. The findings reveal that while different schools of thought utilize various arguments such as (the obligation of good companionship and prohibition of harm, the expansion of the concept of alimony, and adherence to commendable behavior), they all agree on the necessity of creating a peaceful and harassment-free environment for women. On the other hand, the Iranian legal system has taken initial steps by enacting general principles such as "good companionship." This research demonstrates that existing laws face numerous challenges in practical implementation due to the lack of objective definitions of psychological violence, weaknesses in evidentiary mechanisms, and insufficient enforcement guarantees. The novelty of this article lies in the logical analysis of comparative jurisprudence statements with reflection on the enacted laws of Iran and Egypt, with the aim of addressing legislative needs and bridging regulatory gaps