The Ultimate Separatist This book, aimed at an audience of youth work practitioners from the local authority and voluntary sectors, policy makers and Muslim organisations, Cage? discusses issues relating to youth work with young women from Muslim communities in Britain. It aims to promote good ‘girls’ work’ practice using case studies. The title is taken from a conference paper the author gave at the National Conference on Muslim Youth Work, which was delivered in a workshop that sparked Youth Work a lively debate. We hope the book, which follows up contacts of the new Muslim Youth Work Foundation with Muslim in order to involve a range of Muslim young women and youth workers in providing material about their practice, will have the same effect. Young ISBN: 978 0 86155 339 6 Women Price: £9.50 Gill Cressey Eastgate House, 19–23 Humberstone Road, Leicester LE5 3GJ. Tel. 0116 242 7350. Fax: 0116 242 7444. E-mail:
[email protected] Websites: www.nya.org.uk www.youthinformation.com The National Youth Agency The Ultimate Separatist Cage? Youth Work with Muslim Young Women Gill Cressey The National Youth Agency Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim is translated as “In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful” The Ultimate Separatist Cage? Dr Gill Cressey is a lecturer with the Community, Play and Youth Studies programme at the University of Birmingham and a director of the Muslim Youth Work Foundation. She has worked as a women and girls worker in Birmingham. Published by Eastgate House, 19–23 Humberstone Road, Leicester LE5 3GJ. Tel: 0116 242 7350.