Departing from the literature examining female agency within the developing world, this paper analyzes the specific exercise of agency for women within a colonial context, more specifically, the Palestinian territories under Israeli occupation. In understanding this unique context, we observe the role of female agency not only within the traditional gender roles but also through the logic of opposition to colonial structures restricting their existence as natives on the land. Here, we assume that Palestinian women deal with the realities of colonialism and occupation before truly understanding their sense of agency within what is known to be a conservative, traditional Arab society. We observe Palestinian women's agency from two separate angles: (a) within the traditional Arab culture and (b) within the colonial structures of occupation. We interviewed 20 women from rural and urban West Bank and East Jerusalem towns to analyze these themes. These interviews illustrate the nature of the nonmonolithic Palestinian woman's experience and attempt to demonstrate that through the context within the Palestinian territories. (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic).(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)"(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)"(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic).(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic).(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic):(a)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic);(b)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic).(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)20(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic).(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic). Partiendo de la literatura que examina la capacidad de acci & oacute;n de las mujeres en el mundo en desarrollo, este art & iacute;culo analiza el ejercicio espec & iacute;fico de la capacidad de acci & oacute;n de las mujeres en un contexto colonial, m & aacute;s espec & iacute;ficamente, en los territorios palestinos bajo ocupaci & oacute;n israel & iacute;. Para entender este contexto & uacute;nico, observamos el papel de la capacidad de acci & oacute;n de las mujeres no s & oacute;lo dentro de los roles de g & eacute;nero tradicionales de la sociedad palestina, sino a trav & eacute;s de la l & oacute;gica de oposici & oacute;n a las estructuras coloniales que restringen su existencia. Aqu & iacute;, asumimos que las mujeres palestinas se enfrentan a las realidades del colonialismo y la ocupaci & oacute;n antes de comprender verdaderamente su sentido de capacidad de acci & oacute;n dentro de lo que se sabe que es una sociedad & aacute;rabe tradicional y conservadora. En este estudio, examinamos la capacidad de acci & oacute;n de las mujeres palestinas desde dos & aacute;ngulos separados: (a) la cultura & aacute;rabe tradicional y (b) las estructuras coloniales de ocupaci & oacute;n. Para explorar este fen & oacute;meno, entrevistamos a 20 mujeres de las zonas rurales y urbanas de Cisjordania y Jerusal & eacute;n Este para analizar estos temas. Estas entrevistas ilustran la naturaleza de la experiencia no monol & iacute;tica de la mujer palestina e intentamos demostrarla a trav & eacute;s del contexto de los territorios palestinos.
