Writing Article Summaries - Academic Skills

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ARTICLE SUMMARY
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ARTICLE SUMMARY
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The article revolves around the question of ‘Do Muslim Women Really Need
Saving?’, which also represents the title of the article. There has been frequent reports and
data on the aspects of disfigurement, sensational abuse and honor killings with the rise of
violence and a message that the Muslim women require to be saved or rescued. However, the
article of Lila Abu-Lughod expressed in opposition to the conclusion (Abu‐Lughod, 2002).
The author of this article has been expressing her opinions and existent practices with the
help of her articles and books regarding Arab women. In this article, she clearly portrayed her
opinion of not relating gender inequality with only religion, as it is not the only factor
contributing to the reality, such as poverty and the influence of authorization (Abu‐Lughod,
2002). The article has justified almost forms of international interference involving the
military invasion, contingencies for survival and actual experiences of women. The author
invested her research and views on the assessment of ethics and politics encircled around the
international curriculum within discourses regarding 'the conception of oppressed Muslim
woman' (Abu‐Lughod, 2002). She also indicated the use of aspects like honor crimes and the
theme of the veil as the resources for the political projects in the 21st century. The article
written by Abu-Lughod is full of evidence for supporting her advocacy and opinion along
with the presence of simplistic explanations of culture with specific phenomena associated
with Muslim women with diverse characteristics and cultural influence(Abu‐Lughod, 2002).
In comparison to other feminists like Narayan and Mohanty, Abu-Lughod’s approach reflects
the application of a significant analytical tool for the purpose of exploring contemporary
controversies regarding her experiences women in general and specifically Muslim women
with all the existent complexities(Abu‐Lughod, 2002).
It has been observed many times in our society that the most basic conditions of the
lives of women are set by the national and international political forces. These political forces
make these "traditions" and highlight them in the media by making different stories. Thus
what is often seen as traditions are actually the responses to uncertainty, social and political