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Acknowledgments I would like to acknowledge my great debt to the Taub Center for Social and Policy Research, especially Laura Brass, for giving me a ‘‘home’’ in Jerusalem; the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, for granting me a generous fellowship and a very congenial atmosphere in which to work; and the Women and Public Policy Program of the Kennedy School of Government for appointing me as a fellow and showing me great hospitality. I am particularly indebted to the Islamic National Consensus Movement and the Women’s Social and Cultural Society of Kuwait, and all of the women who granted me the privilege of representing their views and experiences and thereby broadening my own. I would also like to express my gratitude to Suzanne Spreadbury, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Degree Programs, and Maureen Worth, Special Projects Associate of Harvard Extension School, for generously providing me with a faculty aide. Finally, to Hannah Ho√man Brion for her help in preparing this manuscript. For their meticulous reading and insightful contributions to this manuscript, I want to thank Professor Lisa Fishbayn and Professor Amina Wadud, and for her sustained support and guidance, I want to thank my editor, Phyllis Deutsch. ...

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