I was so sure that Muslim women should be allowed to speak for themselves because of the faces of Muslim feminism I encountered in recent travels – notably in Jordan, a country fascinatingly poised between tradition and innovation, developing under a forward-looking monarchy that is seeking to modernize and, to an extent, democratize. For those Westerners who worry about Islamic fundamentalism in the Arab world, surely Jordan is a worthy model to understand, support, and engage.
而我之所以对穆斯林女性应拥有为自己说话的权利如此肯定，是缘自于我在最近旅行中遇到的几位穆斯林女权主义者——尤其是在约旦这个在传统与创新中取得完美平衡，并在高瞻远瞩的君主政体领导下走向现代化以及在某种程度上的民主化的国度。对于那些担忧阿拉伯世界原教旨主义的西方人来说，约旦无疑是一个值得我们理解、支持和加强交往的典型。