Now armed with a PhD in Canada, Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj pursues her vision for greater equality between men, women, Jews, and Arabs in her homeland

Since her father's death, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has demanded an equal share of property left to her two brothers; Islamic inheritance laws favor male heirs

Haya Bint Al Hussein, a daughter of King Hussein, is fighting for custody of her children in a British court

The often violent upheaval sweeping the Middle East in the last decade has also spurred women to cling to gains earned as they fight, and rebuild, alongside men