“Anthropology, it has often been said, served as a handmaid to colonialism. Perhaps it must also be said, that feminism, or the ideas of feminism, served as its other handmaid.” FeminismColonialismWomen S RightsAnthropologyBritish ColonialismAnticolonialEypt Book:Women and Gender in Islam Source: Women and Gender in Islam
“Even though Egypt had material prosperity, the British held exclusive political control: British officials held all key administrative positions and filled the top ranks of the civil service. However skilled an Egyptian, there were barriers beyond which he could not advance.” ColonialismEgyptCivil ServantsCivil ServiceBritish ColonialismBritian Book:Women and Gender in Islam Source: Women and Gender in Islam
“Cromer, the British consul general, believed that providing subsidized education was not the province of government, and he also believed that education could foster dangerous nationalist sentiments.” EducationColonialismEgyptBritish Colonialism Book:Women and Gender in Islam Source: Women and Gender in Islam
“The restrictions [Lord Cromer] placed on government schools and his raising of school fees held back girls’ education as well as boys’. He also discouraged the training of women doctors. Under the British, the School for Hakimas, which had given women as many years of medical training as the men received in the School of Medicine, was restricted to midwifery.” EducationMedicineWomen EmpowermentColonialismWomen S RightsBritish Colonialism Book:Women and Gender in Islam Source: Women and Gender in Islam