Podział przestrzeni w kulturze islamu

Abstract

The subject of the article is the division of space in the Islam culture, in the example of Maghrebian societies. At the beginning, the author discusses Pierre Bourdieu’s theory resulting from the analysis of traditional society of Kabyle Berbers. Then she broaches the subject of the changes taking place in the Maghreb in the twentieth century described and analyzed in the book La femme dans l’inconscient musulman by Fatima Mernissi (pseudonym Fatna Aït Sabbah). How these changes looked in practice, we learn by examples provided by the literature. Many maghrebian writers tackle this issue and present the history of female protagonists, already emancipated or trying to get out of the social bonds which disturb them, crossing the border between what is closed and private and what is open and public, amongst others: Leïla Marouane, Bahaa Trabelsi and Fawzia Zouari. Finally the presented issues are confronted with the situation of women in other parts of the Arabic world, specifically with the contemporary Muslim women fight for freedom.