The political impact of women from paramount families in the UAE over the last 200 years has been largely overlooked by scholars who tend to focus on male power and ignore the banality of women’s everyday influences. In fact, these women linked families, provided crucial information through their networks, restrained rulers, and promoted the career ambitions of their sons. Their ability to influence events in this early period suggests a power greater than that enjoyed by women appointed or elected to government positions today.

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权力的平庸：女性对阿联酋政治的影响，c。1800 年至今

在过去 200 年里，来自阿联酋至高无上家庭的女性的政治影响在很大程度上被那些倾向于关注男性权力而忽视女性日常影响的平庸的学者所忽视。事实上，这些女性将家庭联系在一起，通过她们的网络提供重要信息，约束统治者，并促进了她们儿子的职业抱负。Their ability to influence events in this early period suggests a power greater than that enjoyed by women appointed or elected to government positions today.