아프리카ㆍ중동

Before the emergence of Islam, women in the Arabian Peninsula were not regarded as human beings, but as goods which could be traded in the market. Therefore, men could marry as many women as they wanted and also could leave their wives whenever they wanted. In this regard, baby girls were sometimes buried or killed when they were born. However after the advent of Islam all these misbehaviors were removed, resulting in prohibiting from burying baby girls and allowing women to get the right to inherit property. Although Arab women’s social status today is quite different from what Islam says, they still have property rights. There is a broad spectrum of views on women’s participation of social activities in the Arab Muslim world. In comparision with other Muslim countries, Saudi Arabia is the most conservative country in the Muslim world, considerably restricting women’s rights to participate in social activities. This study will compare Saudi women’s social status in the movie “Wadjda” with Islamic view on women’s social activities and provide the readers with the prospect of Saudi women’s rights. In Chapter 2, I researched women’s social status in the Arab Muslim world by looking into the sources such as Quran and Hadith. In Chapter 3, I examined the social status of Saudi women today. Fianlly in Chapter 4, I will show how the movie “Wadjda” describes Saudi women’s social status.