Sadiqi Women’s Movements in Post-“Arab Spring” North Africa

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-50675-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 325 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Comparative Feminist Studies

Centering on women's movements before, during, and after the revolutions, Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa highlights the broader sources of authority that affected the emergence of new feminist actors and agents and their impact on the sociopolitical landscapes of the region.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sadiqi, Fatima

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Preface; Chandra Talpade Mohanty

Introduction: The Centrality of Women's Movements in the Post-Revolution Dynamics

in North Africa; Fatima Sadiqi

PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS IN NORTH AFRICA: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES

1. The Center: A Post-Revolution Space for Women's Movements in North Africa. Morocco as an Example; Fatima Sadiqi

2. Women and the Arab Spring: A Transnational, Feminist Revolution; miriam cooke

3. Creative Disobedience: Feminism, Islam, and Revolution in Egypt; Margot Badran

4. Gendering the Egyptian Revolution; Dina Wahba

5. The Lipstick on the Edge of the Well: Mauritanian Women and Political Power (1960 2014); Céline Lesourd

PART II: SPECIFIC COUNTRY EXPERIENCES

6. About North African Women's Rights After the Arab Spring; Moha Ennaji

7. Women's Rights and Equality: Egyptian Constitutional Law; Ellen McLearney

8. The Struggle of Egyptian Women for Equal Rights Continues: Two-Steps Forward, One-Step Backward; Moushira Khattab

9. Women, Art, and Revolution in the Streets of Egypt; Nevine El Nossery

10. Notes on Sudanese Women's Activism, Movements, and Leadership; Sondra Hale

11. Revolutionary Nuns or Totalitarian Pawns: Evaluating Libyan State Feminism After Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi; Amanda Rogers

12. Tunisian Women's Literature and the Critique of Authority: Sources, Contexts, and the Tunisian 'Arab Spring"; Lilia Labidi

13. Engendering Tunisia's DemocraticTransition: What Challenges Are Facing Women?; Nabila Hamza

14. Women and Leadership in the Post-Arab Spring: The Case of Tunisia; Khadija Arfaoui

15. The Algerian Woman Issue: Struggles, Islamic Violence, and Cooptation; Rachid Tlemçani

16. Moroccan Women in Limbo: On Liminal Citizenship and the Quest for Equality; Soumia Boutkhil

17. Moroccan Women's Cultural Rights: A Psycho-Social Perspective on Cultural Paradoxes; Rachida Kerkech

18. Women's Economic Empowerment in Morocco: The Case of Social Entrepreneurship; Manal Elattir, Yamina El Kirat El Allame, and Youness Tihm

19. Reflections on the 20-February Movement: Hope Renewed, Hope Frustrated for Women; Abdellatif Zaki

Über Autor(innen)

Fatima Sadiqi is Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies at the University of Fez, Morocco. Her work focuses on women's issues in modern North Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean world. She is author and editor of numerous volumes and journal issues, including Women, Gender and Language, Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean, and Moroccan Feminist Discourses .