This thesis emerges from fieldwork conducted during the Erasmus+ Double Degree programme in Fès, Morocco. The aim is to respond to Islamophobic and femonationalist narratives about the conditions of Muslim women by giving space to the lived experiences of nine Moroccan girls who share their relationship with religion and Islam. Through semi-structured interviews, it was possible to grasp the complexity of religion and how individuals experience and practise it. The power dynamics in religious narratives are renegotiated and reshaped daily through personal life experiences, creating room for new ethical identities. Nevertheless, the “orthodox” moral norms form the backdrop that, in some experiences more than others, influences and frames the ethical standards that the girls uphold. Themes such as love, belonging to a community, and the individual relationship with God highlight the reasoning, tensions, and daily challenges faced by these young women, emphasising the complexity and uniqueness of being young Muslim women in twenty-first-century Morocco.
La seguente tesi emerge dalla ricerca sul campo condotta durante il periodo Erasmus+ Double Degree a Fès, in Marocco. L’obiettivo è rispondere alle narrazioni islamofobe e femonazionaliste sulle condizioni delle donne musulmane, lasciando spazio ai vissuti di nove ragazze marocchine che raccontano il loro rapporto con la religione e con l’Islam. Attraverso interviste semi-strutturate, è stato possibile cogliere la complessità della religione e il modo in cui essa viene vissuta e praticata dalle soggettività. Le dinamiche di potere presenti nelle narrazioni religiose vengono quotidianamente rinegoziate e rimodellate in base ai vissuti di vita individuali, lasciando spazio a nuove personalità etiche. Nonostante ciò, le norme morali “ortodosse” costituiscono lo sfondo che, in alcuni vissuti più che in altri, influenza e inquadra le norme etiche che le ragazze ripropongono. Temi come l’amore, l’appartenenza a una comunità e la relazione individuale con Dio mettono in luce i ragionamenti, le tensioni e le sfide quotidiane che queste ragazze affrontano, evidenziando la complessità e l’unicità dell’essere giovani donne musulmane nel Marocco del ventunesimo secolo.
Alla ricerca di un equilibrio etico: storie di giovani donne musulmane in Marocco
KHATAB, SARA
2025/2026
Abstract
This thesis emerges from fieldwork conducted during the Erasmus+ Double Degree programme in Fès, Morocco. The aim is to respond to Islamophobic and femonationalist narratives about the conditions of Muslim women by giving space to the lived experiences of nine Moroccan girls who share their relationship with religion and Islam. Through semi-structured interviews, it was possible to grasp the complexity of religion and how individuals experience and practise it. The power dynamics in religious narratives are renegotiated and reshaped daily through personal life experiences, creating room for new ethical identities. Nevertheless, the “orthodox” moral norms form the backdrop that, in some experiences more than others, influences and frames the ethical standards that the girls uphold. Themes such as love, belonging to a community, and the individual relationship with God highlight the reasoning, tensions, and daily challenges faced by these young women, emphasising the complexity and uniqueness of being young Muslim women in twenty-first-century Morocco.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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