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In the realm of feminist thought, geopolitical space becomes situated not only within the wide context of the global, but widens understanding to position the personal as political. Turning from the object of the state to that of the household exposes the politics on the ground and further questions the disembodied matter of geopolitics. Feminist enquiry engages with lived experience, supporting an embodied conception of knowledge; moving away from a top-down approach to knowledge creation. This enables a renegotiation of politicised landscapes highlighting the often subtle transformations of power occurring at the local level. Through an engagement with the educational geopolitical landscape in a Muslim country context, this study seeks to politicise access to education and issues of gender, mobility and security within that.