Our women on the ground : essays by Arab women reporting from the Arab world / edited by Zahra Hankir ; foreword by Christiane Amanpour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Ghoul, Asmaa, 1982- author.

Karam, Zeina, author.

Khalaf, Roula, author.

Malas, Nour, author.

Saad, Hwaida, author.

Al-Sharif, Amira, author.

Shibani, Heba, author.

Sinjab, Lina, author.

Yazbeck, Natacha, author.

Abu-Nasr, Donna, author.

Alami, Adida, author.

Allam, Hannah, author.

Arraf, Jane, author.

Attalah, Lina, author.

Bakri, Nada, author.

Elnoor, Shamael, author.

Erhaim, Zaina, author.

Hassan, Hindi, author.

Helal, Eman, author.

Contributor:

Hankir, Zahra, editor.

Amanpour, Christiane, writer of foreword.

Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund For Television and Broadcast Media.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the mass media industry.

Women in journalism.

Reporters and reporting.

Women journalists.

Arab countries.

Women journalists--Arab countries--Biography.

Reporters and reporting--Arab countries.

Women in journalism--Arab countries.

Women in the mass media industry--Arab countries.

Women--Arab countries--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]

Summary:

19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and male--meaning we see only one side of the story. But a growing number of intrepid Arab women, whose access to and understanding of their subjects are vastly different than their Western counterparts, are working tirelessly to shape more nuanced narratives about their homelands through their work as reporters and photojournalists. Their voices have rarely been heard on the international stage--until now. In Our Women on the Ground, nineteen of these women tell us, in their own words, about what it's like to report on conflicts that are (quite literally) close to home. From sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo to the impossibility of traveling without a male relative in Yemen, their challenges are unique--as are their advantages, such as being able to speak candidly with other women or gain entry to places that an outsider would never be able to access. Their daring, shocking, and heartfelt stories, told here for the first time, shatter stereotypes about Arab women and provide an urgently needed perspective on a part of the world that is often misunderstood.

Contents:

Foreword / by Christiane Amanpour

Introduction : Sahafiya / by Zahra Hankir

Remembrances

The woman question / by Hannah Allam

Love and loss in a time of revolution / by Nada Bakri

What normal? / by Hwaida Saad

On a belated encounter with gender / by Lina Attalah

Crossfire

Maps of Iraq / by Jane Arraf

Hull & Hawija / by Hind Hassan

Spin / by Natacha Yazbeck

Bint el-Balad / by Nour Malas

Resilience

Just stop / by Eman Helal

Girls from Morocco / by Aida Alami

Words, not weapons / by Shamael Elnoor

Yemeni women with fighting spirits / by Amira al-Sharif

Exile

Between the explosions / by Asmaa al-Ghoul

Fight or flight / by Heba Shibani

Breathing fear / by Lina Sinjab

Hurma / by Zaina Erhaim

Transition

Syria undone / by Zeina Karam

An orange bra in Riyadh / by Donna Abu-Nasr

Dying breed / by Roula Khalaf.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund For Television and Broadcast Media.

Other Format:

Online version: Our women on the ground

ISBN:

9780143133414

0143133411

OCLC:

1065947977

Publisher Number:

99981758383