Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance: Lessons from the Arab World

by Maha El Said (Editor), Lena Meari (Editor), Nicola Pratt (Editor)

Ever since the uprisings that swept the Arab world, the role of Arab women in political transformations received unprecedented media attention. The copious commentary, however, has yet to result in any serious study of the gender dynamics of political upheaval.

Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance is the first book to analyse the interplay between moments of sociopolitical transformation, emerging subjectivities and the different modes of women's agency in forging new gender norms in the Arab world. Written by scholars and activists from the countries affected, including Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, this is an important addition to Middle Eastern gender studies.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, Islam, Egypt

272 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2015

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

A super fascinating book that examines women who have participated in revolutionary/resistance movements in the Middle East, and how women's agency is framed in those movements, and how women's roles and gender expectations have/haven't changed as a result. I think I highlighted 2/3 of the book. It was a very academic read and incredibly fascinating.