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=="How do women's rights in the Middle East differ from women's rights in the United States? When requirements are not abided by, what types of consequences are put on them? " == // Taylor, Chelsea, Mallory // FINAL.

-TMAU

**-mallory **

(If the doc doesn't open. The second works cited "Dubin", change it to Barber, E. Susan. if you open the document) Ahmed, Saeed. “Malaysia Postpones Woman’s caning.” CNN.com. 24 Aug. 2009. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. . Barber, E. Susan. One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage: An Overview. National American Women Suffrage Association Collection. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. . Kamguian, Azam. “The Liberation of Women in the Middle East.” Ntpi. 22, Sept. 2004. Web.  Landler, Mark.“As Saudi Women Meet Clinton, No Talk of Rights.” The New York Times. 16 Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. . Lawer, Ariane. “Women’s Rights within Religion in the Middle East”. Buzzle. 15 Feb. 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. . Lutz, Meris. “Saudi Arabia: women lawyers may soon be allowed in courtrooms.” Los Angeles Times. 23 Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. . Mann, Laurie. Timeline of woman’s suffrage in the United States. Dpsinfo. 21 Nov. 2008. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . Nakhlawi, Elham. Razek, Raja. "'Tight pants' woman jailed for not paying fine." CNN. 7 Sept. 2010. Web. 21 Feb. 2010.  Rubin, Barry. “The Middle East Review of International Affairs.” Gloria Center. June 2006. 22 Feb. 2010. . Sandels, Alexandra. “Saudi Arabia: women launch lingerie boycott in drive to stop sales men from sizing them up.” Los Angeles Times. 17 Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. . Sharp, Heather. "Dubai Women Storm World of Work." BBC News. 4 Aug. 2005. Web. 31 Jan. 2010. . What factors determine the changing roles of women in the Middle East and Islamic societies? Pbs Hawaii. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . “Women in Islam: Muslim Women”. 1 Jan. 2004. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .

March 31st- Rough draft due !!

__http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/02/saudi-arabia-new-law-allows-women-lawyers-.html__ -mallory (article about S.A. women in courtrooms)

__TAYLOR-__ this is the latest updated version of our outline. so make changes to this one if can. -mal, i couldn't open the outline you uploaded.so if you could jst make yr changes to this one, would be good.

=US-= (This is the newest one) -mallory
 * TAYLOR- [[file:OUTLINE.doc]] **

[|**http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html**] basic- all the years that went by- & all the rights or rules & regulations that were made http://www.now.org/issues/violence/stats.html basic-violence & what happends to women in the united states This article talks about all the different types of violence that occurs in the United States. It talks about Domestic and Sexual Violence. There are many impacts that violence has on certain subjects. It gives us a scientific study where, over a certain period of time, how much women were murdered. Example, it says that 1,181 women were murdered in one year. This gives the idea that as much human rights that are given; a lot of people don’t respect it. It’s not necessarily a consequence that women are given, but it is something that is acted upon, regardless of the any right.
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SAUDI ARABIA: Forget detention -- misbehaving schoolgirl sentenced to 90 lashes** [] After a school girl in Saudi Arabia got into an argument with her teacher about having a cellphone in class, her teacher gave her 90 lashes with a cane. Although there could have been an alternative punishment, it wasn't done. Even after being raped and pregnant, women in Saudi Arabia are still punished for their "immoral actions". Authorities are trying to put a leash on the punishments given out and protect the rights women in Saudi Arabia. Many of them have unfair trials and limited freedom.
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[] Men to receives lashes, too; case sparks outrage in conservative Saudi Arabia
 * Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman for mingling** By Mohammed Jamjoom and Saad Abedine
 * Story Highlights**
 * Saudi newspaper says religious officer found two men in Syrian woman's house
 * Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi said she breast-fed one of men when he was infant
 * Sawadi argues that under Islamic tradition, that makes man related to her

A 75-year-old Saudi Arabian woman named Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi was sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in prison for having men in her home who were not related to her. Fahd, one of the men who were staying with her said that there was nothing wrong with her keeping them there. She had breast fed him as a baby (although not her biological son) and thought of him as a son. Fahd's friend Hadian was only there to escort him as he delivered her bread. Both men were arrested. Under Saudi law, women face many strict restrictions such as the way they dress and their ability to drive. In 2007, a 19-year-old woman was raped in the Saudi city of Qatif by seven men. She was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison for meeting with an unrelated male. The seven rapists received 10 months to 5 years imprisonment.
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 * [[image:article-0-05D8277A0000044D-971_468x360.jpg width="280" height="216" align="left"]] Saudi wife arrested after going for an illegal drive (Feb. 09)**

A Woman has broken the ban that was put upon Saudi Arabian women on driving. While driving six miles to pick up her husband from Buraida, police stopped her. Her husband is her 'legal guardian' and is held responsible for her actions, so he had to sign a declaration that stated he wouldn't let his wife drive. It is unknown about the outcome or if she was released. The only area that prohibits women from being behind the wheel of a car is Saudi Arabia. In religious eyes, driving is seen as 'un-Islamic'. Civil rights activists are in the process of getting the government to pass the law that will allow women to drive.
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//Saudi women look under the bonnet of anew car at a showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where women sell cars to female buyers. Although women are banned from driving in Saudi Arabia, they can own cars.' ("WHAT?!"-mallory)//

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 * The Saudi Woman is ALWAYS Guilty (Feb. 10)**


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"A glimpse into the sad, sad life of a woman living under Islamic Sharia in Saudi Arabia The Saudi woman is always guilty and if you treat her humanely you are a criminal. God bless Islam, the great religion of equality and opportunity?" (Infidelesto) (to be continued....) "The Saudi woman is guilty. She is guilty of being born in a male-dominated society." The society she is brought up in, mistreats her because she is female and it is a "sin".


 * CHELSEA:

//Dubai Women Storm World of Work//** [|**//http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4719639.stm//**]


 * Summary:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Women in the Middle East are struggling for equal rights. They’re fighting for their right to have a job and being able to work alongside men. There are mixed feelings about whether or not women should be able to work, in Islamic culture women are forbidden to associate with men that aren’t their husband, father, or family member. It is also said that women aren’t allowed to be outside past 10:00 pm, so women who have late night shifts are frowned upon.


 * Muslim teen fears for life after changing religion**
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 * Brief:** 17 year old Rifqa Bary ran away from home after her father threatened to kill her because she had converted to Christianity
 * for Taylor Ann:)


 * 'Tight pants' woman jailed for not paying fine**
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 * Brief:** a Sudanese women who was put on trial for wear clothes that were indecent according to athorities.
 * for Mallory:)

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Summary: The basics of this article, is acting upon rights that are being obtained with no permission. Saudi Arabian government officials have their say against every law that is pushed aside or done wrong. When the Saudi’s insists that a law isn’t a legal requirement in the kingdom, the government steps in and has all rights to deny any requirement pertaining to that specific law. -The next link refers to The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States. My group & I are leaning more towards, comparing women’s rights between Saudi Arabia & the U.S. This gives us a timeline of which each convention was held, meaning the start of each right. -“Women’s Rights” talks about different times which made U.S women realize their laws. They are given a specific role to take part it, and when the requirements aren’t met, there is consequences. It also talks about the peak of realizing their rights, and when it began, and who started it.
 * All these articles will help me to compare & contrast on my basic topic.__


 * Proposal**

Essential Question: How do women's rights in Saudi Arabia differ from women's rights in the United States? When requirements are not abided by, what type of consequences are put on them?

My group and I agreed on “Women’s rights in the Middle East” simply because it was a broad enough topic. This topic is easy to divide up, into different sections. Dividing our topic was important to us, because we feel that each person should have an individual role. We felt that if we chose to do “Genocide in Africa”, we wouldn’t be equally separated. Most of our information would be repeated after each others. It made more sense for us to break our main topic down into three different categories, so our information is different, yet based on the same thing. Another reason why we wanted to separately categorize ourselves was so it would be easier and more understandable for each of us. For example, I would research on women’s life style indoors, and family life. Chiddy would look into the work habits and outdoor life of women. Mallory would be assigned to the fashion department and the consequences. Obviously, our categories fit our own personalities, so it will benefit us even more, because we’re familiar with those things already. Our group was well prepared for the topic we choose because we were given resources in class in the previous semester. Mr. Chu gave us different articles in class weather it was about politics, abuse, or technology. Although the articles about abuse didn’t pertaining to the Middle East, we were still very interested in the topic of woman’s rights. Being given the assignment to find and summarize an article pertaining to our essential question from Mr. Bonning, we were able to do research along the way. The sources we used to get background research on our essential question to finalize our decision were news articles that we found online, as well as the ones we got from Mr. Chu. The articles online provided us with the needed information to understand what were getting involved in. The research grasped our attention even more so, which helped us gain focus and interest on our topic. In future research, we will easily be able to find more information from other resources such as books and magazines. Our summer reading novel, //Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia// by Jean Sasson, will provide us with solid information to expand our knowledge on our topic.
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 * Preliminary Research
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