For this research paper I will be discussing:
- How colonisers viewed Arab women (negative views + harem fantasies)
- Women used as justifications for invasions – mirrors the colonisers perceptions of Arab women
- Comparison between the use of the narrative of women for the Iraq and Afghanistan War
I’ll be attaching 5 sources so I’d like 6 more sources: 3 primary sources and 3 secondary sources.
For the secondary sources please use: Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? and Positionalities, Intersectionalities, and Transnational Feminism in Researching Women in Post-invasion Iraq and The Discourse of the Veil. The other 2 articles are just suggestions.
For the secondary sources I want articles that discuss:
- The colonisers fantasies and perceptions about Arab women.
- Iraqi War/ how Iraqi women were used to justify the war.
- Afghanistan War/ how Afghani women were used to justify the war.
For the primary sources I want:
- Newspapers articles about both wars
- Speeches by U.S presidents (mainly President Bush)