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English to Arabic: RELIGIOUS FLEXIBILIES OF OLDER YEMENI WOMEN IN SANAA General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Anthropology
Source text - English Sophia Pandya
ABSTRACT
This paper looks at the ways in which older generations of Yemeni women in Sanaa negotiate religious change. Practices that are associated with Sufism and popular folk Islam are prevalent in Yemen, especially among older, illiterate women who have had little to no access to textual, “orthodox” Islam. The past few decades in Sanaa, however, have witnessed a rise in socially-restrictive forms of Salafi Islam, especially among the younger generations, which has had consequences for Yemeni women and their ability to carry out roles in the public sector. On the other hand, the Salafis provide Qur’anic school education, including literacy training, for older, often illiterate, women for whom there are few other educational opportunities. The Salafis disapprove of Sufism and folk Islam, and in Yemen these activities have often been forced underground. Here I analyze the types of benefits older Yemeni women receive from their differing religious practices and the ways in which they accommodate doctrinal contradiction.
Translation - Arabic المرونات الدينية في أوساط النساء الأكبر سنا في صنعاء
صوفيا بانديا
موجز
هذا المقال يناقش الطرق التي تتخذها الاجيال الأكبر سنا من النساء اليمنيات للتعامل مع التغيرات الدينية. كثيرة هي الممارسات التي لها علاقة بالتصوف او الفولكلور الشعبي الاسلامي في اليمن، وخاصة في أوساط النساء الأميات والأكبر سنا اللاتي قليلا ما يحصلن على النصوص الاسلامية الاورثوذوكسية. في المقابل شهدت صنعاء في العقود الأخيرة ارتفاعا في الاشكال الاسلامية السلفية المقيدة اجتماعيا، وخاصة بين الاجيال الأصغرسنا، مما أدى إلى تبعات تثقل النساء اليمنيات وتؤثر على قدرتهن على تأدية أدوارهن في القطاع العام. ومن ناحية أخرى، يقوم السلفيون بتقديم برامج تعليمية للقرآن، بما في ذلك برامج محو الأمية، للنساء الأكبرسنا، وهم في أغلب الأحيان أميات، واللاتي نادرا مايحصلن على أي فرص أخرى لتحصيل المعرفة. يرفض السلفيون التصوف والاسلام الشعبي، وفي اليمن، تم دفع هذه الممارسات حتى تصبح نشاطات تمارس بالسر. هنا أقوم بتحليل أنواع الفوائد المختلفة التى يتلقاها النساء اليمنيات الأكبر سنا من ممارساتهم الدينية المختلفة وطرق تأقلمهن مع هذه المفارقات العقائدية.
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