Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, & Difference—Women's Studies in Religion Panel 2022
Harvard Divinity School
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Our Oura Is One of the Main Themes of My Research
Our oura is one of the main themes of my research. In pre-Islamic period, Arabs used to refer to houses that don't have protective fences as oura. It's been used differently, ranging from spaces of vulnerability to times of privacy. On Islamic law, oura is usually used to referring to body parts of not only women, but also men and children and former slaves.
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