Scholarly Source Summary of Muslim Woman

Iraq's new constitution allows all poeple to be seen as equal before the law reguardless of sex. This is a change for Muslim and Iraqi woman who were previously under Saddam's regiem.  They are also reinterperting the rules of Sharia. Woman's rights are crutial to creating a democratic society. There are many decisions that have to be made in order to create a successful new Iraq. -"Woman, Islam, and the New Iraq" Colmon,Isobel.

This all affects Riverbend because she is a Muslim woman who is dealing with all the changes and is most affected by the changes reguarding the new Iraq and the rights of woman. She is uncertian how her life will be after this. Democracy will eventually be a good thing for woman in Iraq, once they get it all sorted out.