Liberating women; Feminists ignore successes.(OPED)

Byline: Helle Dale, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

One of the curious paradoxes of U.S. engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan is that while conservatives have seen the status of women in these societies as key to their transformation, Western feminists have been largely absent in this cause. Giving women political rights, allowing them to hold jobs, receive education and run for political office somehow have not reached the level of the feminist agenda. Feminists and Muslim women seem deeply estranged; dialogue between Muslim women and American feminists is an extremely rare occurrence.

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