A Comparative Analysis on the Contemporary Woman's Social Participation : Multi-cultural Aspects of Middle East

The purpose of this study is to explore what "Islamization" has meant to the social status of women in Iran and Middle East countries in the past and present and will stress a theme within Sunni and Shia societies and north Africa. And also discuss the gradual and important facts and process of women's empowerment in the Middle East with variations. To discuss what "Islamization" has meant to the social status of women in Iran and Middle East countries in the present, we stress a theme within Sunni and Shia societies and north Africa. And also discuss the gradual and important facts and process of women's empowerment in the Middle East with variations. We choose four prominent countries, Iran of Shia Society and Saudi Arabia within Sunni Tradition to evaluate of status of women in the Gulf region with variations and Tunisia of Jasmine Revolution. All the four above-mentioned countries share one feature, the emergence of Islam extremist parties on top of the political heap, and a marked attempt to Islamize their states, particularly in laws dealing with women's social and legal rights. As these revolutions unfolded in the Arab world,