“Donne passive”? La formazione del Medio Oriente moderno da una prospettiva di genere

The article, based on primary and secondary sources in Arabic, Farsi and English, offers a gender perspective on the construction and the development of the late-modern and contemporary Middle East. A special attention is devoted to the cases studies of Egypt, – historically the most populous and important Arab country – Iran, – the heart of “political Shi’sm” – and the “Holy Land”, the cradle of the three major monotheistic religions: many of the revolutions and the anti-colonial movements and struggles that have shaped the most these areas and the broader region have been ignited and/or strongly influenced by local women.