Muslim Women on the Move offers a comparison of two Muslim populations that to date have not been compared in this way. Author Doris Gray compares the personal views of young educated women in Morocco with those of young educated women of Moroccan immigrant origins in France. She conducted extensive personal interviews, loosely structured around three main themes, over a period of three years in Morocco and in France. The three thematic groups are: conceptions of the religion of Islam, legal changes affecting women in Morocco and Muslim women in France, and personal and professional goals and challenges. This book challenges the conventional dichotomy between the Western and the Muslim world. Voices of a select group of individuals from each of these very different countries show that despite their different national circumstances, they have much more in common than is conventionally assumed. Gray summarizes individual perceptions and puts them into the larger context of Muslim women and their particular circumstances in the two Western Mediterranean countries. Muslim Women on the Move will interest students and scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Women's Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Religious Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion.

"This text has a great deal to offer to those wishing to understand global Islam. Recommended." - CHOICE, November 2008

"Gray continuously challenges the assumption that there is a clear dichotomy between the Western and the Muslim worlds....This is an apty-timed study....Muslim Women on the Move gives a voice to young, professional, and educated women in Morocco and of the Moroccan origin in France....This comparative study provides an intimate look at the personal experiences and opinions of women from two vey different countries." - International Journal on World Peace, December 2008

"Gray makes an important contribution to our understanding of how immigrants and their children conceptualize themselves in France....Gray's work demonstrates the effectiveness of comparative studies tracking Muslim women's experiences in Morocco and France while also setting a course for future research." - H-France Review, February 2009

"This comparative study allows a better understanding of a specific category of Muslim women and the exploration of the effect of migration on their lives and attitudes. It is also policy-relevant because it gives a voice to women who are often reduced to silence and a passive role in both Morocco and France, and who are the target of increasingly hostile policies in the latter country." - MESA Bulletin