Women rising : in and beyond the Arab Spring / edited by Rita Stephan and Mounira M. Charrad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephan, Rita, editor.

Charrad, M. (Mounira), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Arab countries.

Women.

Women's rights--Arab countries.

Women's rights.

Feminism--Arab countries.

Feminism.

Women--Arab countries--Social conditions--21st century.

Women--Political activity.

Women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

xv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2020]

Summary:

""Women Rising" explores feminist issues in and beyond the Arab Spring"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I What They Fight For p. 13

1 Barefoot Feminist Classes: A Revelation of Being, Doing, and Becoming p. 15 / Rula Quawas

2 The Labor Strikes That Catalyzed the Revolution in Egypt p. 28 / Nadine Naber

3 From a Smear Campaign to the Kuwaiti Parliament: My Resolve Persists Despite Rumors p. 40 / Aseel Alawadhi

4 Palestinian Queerness and the Orientalist Paradigm p. 44 / Amal Amireh

5 "With All My Force ...": Men against Domestic Violence in Lebanon p. 50 / Lina Abirafeh and Ghida Anani

6 "Ne Touche Pas Mes Enfants!": A Woman's Campaign against Pedophilia in Morocco p. 53 / Ginger Feather

7 Two Nonviolence Campaigns Initiated by Women in Syria p. 58 / Mohja Kahf

8 Refusing the Backseat: Women as Drivers of the Yemeni Uprisings p. 68 / Aminah Ali Kandar

Part II What They Believe p. 83

9 "Women Are Complete, Not Complements": Terminology in the Writing of the New Constitution of Tunisia p. 85 / Mounira M. Charrad and Amina Zarrugh

10 A Patriotic Christian Woman in the Syrian Parliament p. 96 / Maria Saadeh

11 Iraqi Women's Agency: From Political Authoritarianism to Sectarianism and Islamist Militancy p. 98 / Nadje Al-Ali

12 Hidden Voices, Hidden Agendas: Qubaysiat Women's Group in Syria p. 107 / Sana Sayed

13 The Egyptian Revolution and the Feminist Divide p. 117 / Samaa Gamie

14 Algerian Feminists Navigate Authoritarianism p. 129 / Maro Youssef

15 Failing the Masses in Syria: Buthaina Shabaan and the Public Intellectual Crisis p. 135 / Asaad Alsaleh

16 Time to Seize the Opportunity: A Call for Action from Sudan p. 143 / Fatma Osman Ibnouf

Part III How They Express Agency p. 147

17 Long before the Arab Spring: Arab Women's Cyberactivism through AWSA United p. 149 / Rita Stephan

18 Aliaa Elmahdy, Nude Protest, & Transnational Feminist Body Politics p. 161 / Karina Eikraas Karakus

19 Sensing Queer Activism in Beirut: Protest Soundscapes as Political Dissent p. 173 / Nisrine Chaer

20 On the Contrary: Negation as Resistance and Reimagining in the Work of Bahia Shehab p. 185 / Andy Young

21 Half Syrian Sufi Blogger: Faith and Activism in the Virtual Public Space p. 198 / Michela Cerruti

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 p. 204 / Nurulsyahirah Taha

23 Writing Lebanese Feminist History: Rose Ghurayyib's Editorial Letters in Al-Raida Journal from 1976 to 1985 p. 208 / Nicole Khoury

24 Um Sahar, the Adeni Woman Leader in al-Hirak Southern Independence Movement in Yemen p. 217 / Kevin A. Davis

Part IV How They Use Space to Mobilize p. 223

25 Marching with Revolutionary Women in Egypt: A Participatory Journal p. 225 / Margot Badran

26 Memories of Martyrs: Disappearance and Women's Claims against State Violence in Libya p. 233 / Amina Zarrugh

27 Mapping the Egyptian Women's Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaigns p. 245 / Theresa Hunt

28 A Village Rises in the First Intifada: International Women's Day, March 8, 1988 p. 259 / Manal A. Jamal

29 Revolutionary Graffiti and Cairene Women: Performing Agency through Gaze Aversion p. 267 / Soumia Bardhan and Karen A. Foss

30 Celebrating Women's Day in Baghdad, the City of Men p. 283 / Zahra Ali

31 Waiting for the Revolution: Women's Perceptions from Upper and Lower Rural Egypt p. 290 / Lorenzo Kamel and Maha Ezzat Elkholy

32 New Media/New Feminism(s): The Lebanese Women's Movement Online and Offline p. 299 / Nelia Hyndman-Rizk

Part V How They Organize p. 311

33 Genesis of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Fez, Morocco p. 313 / Fatima Sadiqi

34 My Revolution! p. 318 / Dina Wahba

35 Women's Political Participation in Bahrain p. 321 / Marwa Shalaby and Ariana Marnicio

36 Strategies of Nonviolent Resistance: Syrian Women Subverting Dominant Paradigms p. 330 / Manal al-Natour

37 Driving Campaigns: Saudi Women Negotiating Power in the Public Space p. 339 / Namie Tsujigami

38 Reclaiming Space(s): Kuwaiti Women in the Karamat Watan Protests p. 348 / Emanuela Buscemi

39 "The Factory of the Revolution": Women's Activism in the Syrian Uprisings p. 354 / Layla Saleh

40 Arab American Women and the Arab Spring: An Interview with Summer Nasser p. 363 / Emily Regan Wills.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479801046

9781479846641

1479846643

1479801046

OCLC:

1120784076

Publisher Number:

99985050345