A man's world?There could be a new role for women in Iraq--as insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. . In this cartoon, angry women storm into a room where Iraqi men are drafting the country's constitution. Many Iraqi women fear that if strict Islamic law Noun 1. Islamic law - the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state" sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law becomes an integral part of Iraq's new government, they will have fewer fights than they had under Saddam Hussein's rule. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the cartoonist, how are Iraqi women fating? Why does the Iraqi man call the women "insurgents"? Explain your answers. |
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