The Greece Empire

Natalie Aquino
Politics of the Near and Middle East
Professor Zubida
Spring Semester
Final Paper
May 1, 2006

Middle Eastern Women and Terrorism: A Comparison Between Women in Politics and in Terrorist Activity

"Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes"; They will say, "Women don't have what it takes." -Clare Boothe Luce #

The above quotation expresses the sentiments of many women around the globe in there attempts at living life as an equal and attaining equal rights. Of struggling to succeed in a world that once considered them to be less than a man. In many cases, there are still locations around the globe that look at women as objects and not people. Over the history of humankind, that historical overview of the female sex is one filled with discrimination and hardships. Women are infiltrating what was once believed to be male dominated arenas. Various individuals have different theories about the assimilation of women into these areas and how does this affect the women in terms of there status. In Israeli and Palestinian societies, most of these areas dealing with the social and political realm are primarily still dominated by the male gender.   Israeli and Palestinian women do not enjoy as much equality and power as there male counterparts. Despite significant achievements and progress, overall they continue to earn less, are less visible and influential in the political arena, do not share equal responsibilities or privileges in the military, have unequal rights and freedoms in family life and law, and are less influential in shaping the nation's self image and cultural orientation.# Many of these women in less democratic nations in the Middle East have found an outlet in terrorist organizations. The growing trend among women to join in this institutions of terror is alarming and worth examining further.
The way that the Israeli political system is being that...