摘要: In this study I examine the evolving function of ma'tam (pl. ma'atim), or Shi'i religious center, in Bahraini women's lives. ma'atim Th e role has changed society, especially case ma'atim. While men's have always been sites political relevance, according to women interviewed it is only last few decades that used their for purposes other than and social. past, space grieve martyrdom fi gures from sacred history. Now they begun employ secular education all kinds—legal, social, health—and even politi- cal purposes. focus on ways which education, Islamic resurgences took place Iran Iraq, infl uenced interpretation religion uses space.