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Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring
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Overview
Images of women protesting in the Arab Spring, from Tahrir Square to the streets of Tunisia and Syria, have become emblematic of the political upheaval sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. In Women Rising, Rita Stephan and Mounira M. Charrad bring together a provocative group of scholars, activists, artists, and more, highlighting the first-hand experiences of these remarkable women.
In this relevant and timely volume, Stephan and Charrad paint a picture of women’s political resistance in sixteen countries before, during, and since the Arab Spring protests first began in 2011. Contributors provide insight into a diverse range of perspectives across the entire movement, focusing on often-marginalized voices, including rural women, housewives, students, and artists.
Women Rising offers an on-the-ground understanding of an important twenty-first century movement, telling the story of Arab women’s activism.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781479801046 |
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Publisher: | New York University Press |
Publication date: | 06/09/2020 |
Pages: | 432 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Mounira Charrad is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Baker Institute, Rice University. She is author of the award-winning book, States and Women’s Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, as well as the editor or co-editor of Patrimonial Power in the Modern World, Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire, Women’s Agency: Silences and Voices, and Femmes, Culture et Société au Maghreb.
Table of Contents
Foreword Suad Joseph xiii
Introduction: Advancing Women's Rights in the Arab World Rita Stephan Mounira M. Charrad 1
Part I What They Fight For 13
1 Barefoot Feminist Classes: A Revelation of Being, Doing, and Becoming Rula Quawas 15
2 The Labor Strikes That Catalyzed the Revolution in Egypt Nadine Naber 28
3 From a Smear Campaign to the Kuwaiti Parliament: My Resolve Persists Despite Rumors Aseel Alawadhi 40
4 Palestinian Queerness and the Orientalist Paradigm Amal Amireh 44
5 "With All My Force …": Men against Domestic Violence in Lebanon Lina Abirafeh Ghida Anani 50
6 "Ne Touche Pas Mes Enfants!": A Woman's Campaign against Pedophilia in Morocco Ginger Feather 53
7 Two Nonviolence Campaigns Initiated by Women in Syria Mohja Kahf 58
8 Refusing the Backseat: Women as Drivers of the Yemeni Uprisings Aminah Ali Kandar 68
Part II What They Believe 83
9 "Women Are Complete, Not Complements": Terminology in the Writing of the New Constitution of Tunisia Mounira M. Charrad Amina Zarrugh 85
10 A Patriotic Christian Woman in the Syrian Parliament Maria Saadeh 96
11 Iraqi Women's Agency: From Political Authoritarianism to Sectarianism and Islamist Militancy Nadje Al-Ali 98
12 Hidden Voices, Hidden Agendas: Qubaysiat Women's Group in Syria Sana Sayed 107
13 The Egyptian Revolution and the Feminist Divide Samaa Gamie 117
14 Algerian Feminists Navigate Authoritarianism Maro Youssef 129
15 Failing the Masses in Syria: Buthaina Shabaan and the Public Intellectual Crisis Asaad Alsaleh 135
16 Time to Seize the Opportunity: A Call for Action from Sudan Fatma Osman Ibnouf 143
Part III How They Express Agency 147
17 Long before the Arab Spring: Arab Women's Cyberactivism through AWSA United Rita Stephan 149
18 Aliaa Elmahdy, Nude Protest, & Transnational Feminist Body Politics Karina Eikraas Karakus 161
19 Sensing Queer Activism in Beirut: Protest Soundscapes as Political Dissent Nisrine Chaer 173
20 On the Contrary: Negation as Resistance and Reimagining in the Work of Bahia Shehab Andy Young 185
21 Half Syrian Sufi Blogger: Faith and Activism in the Virtual Public Space Michela Cerruti 198
22 The Light in Her Eyes: A Woman Is a School. Teach Her and You Teach a Generation: An Interview with Filmmakers Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix Nurulsyahirah Taha 204
23 Writing Lebanese Feminist History: Rose Ghurayyib's Editorial Letters in Al-Raida Journal from 1976 to 1985 Nicole Khoury 208
24 Um Sahar, the Adeni Woman Leader in al-Hirak Southern Independence Movement in Yemen Kevin A. Davis 217
Part IV How They Use Space to Mobilize 223
25 Marching with Revolutionary Women in Egypt: A Participatory Journal Margot Badran 225
26 Memories of Martyrs: Disappearance and Women's Claims against State Violence in Libya Amina Zarrugh 233
27 Mapping the Egyptian Women's Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaigns Theresa Hunt 245
28 A Village Rises in the First Intifada: International Women's Day, March 8, 1988 Manal A. Jamal 259
29 Revolutionary Graffiti and Cairene Women: Performing Agency through Gaze Aversion Soumia Bardhan Karen A. Foss 267
30 Celebrating Women's Day in Baghdad, the City of Men Zahra Ali 283
31 Waiting for the Revolution: Women's Perceptions from Upper and Lower Rural Egypt Lorenzo Kamel Maha Ezzat Elkholy 290
32 New Media/New Feminism(s): The Lebanese Women's Movement Online and Offline Nelia Hyndman-Rizk 299
Part V How They Organize 311
33 Genesis of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Fez, Morocco Fatima Sadiqi 313
34 My Revolution! Dina Wahba 318
35 Women's Political Participation in Bahrain Marwa Shalaby Ariana Marnicio 321
36 Strategies of Nonviolent Resistance: Syrian Women Subverting Dominant Paradigms Manal al-Natour 330
37 Driving Campaigns: Saudi Women Negotiating Power in the Public Space Namie Tsujigami 339
38 Reclaiming Space(s): Kuwaiti Women in the Karamat Watan Protests Emanuela Buscemi 348
39 "The Factory of the Revolution": Women's Activism in the Syrian Uprisings Layla Saleh 354
40 Arab American Women and the Arab Spring: An Interview with Summer Nasser Emily Regan Wills 363
Acknowledgments 367
About the Editors 369
About the Contributors 371
Index 383