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This article shows how women at a Shi'i seminary in Syria challenged religious authority emanating from Iraq and Iran.

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It is the only article on Shi'i women's practices and their claims to authority in Syria.

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This page is a summary of: Challenging transnational Shiʿi authority in Baʿth Syria, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, October 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2017.1387420.
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