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

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Centrality of Women’s Movements in the Post-revolution Dynamics in North Africa

   • Fatima Sadiqi

   Pages 1-11

3. Contextualizing Women’s Movements in North Africa: Conceptual Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. The Center: A Post-revolution Space for Women’s Movements in North Africa: Morocco as an Example

      • Fatima Sadiqi

      Pages 15-30

   3. Women and the Arab Spring: A Transnational, Feminist Revolution

      • miriam cooke

      Pages 31-44

   4. Creative Disobedience: Feminism, Islam, and Revolution in Egypt

      • Margot Badran

      Pages 45-60

   5. Gendering the Egyptian Revolution

      • Dina Wahba

      Pages 61-76

   6. The Lipstick on the Edge of the Well: Mauritanian Women and Political Power (1960–2014)

      • Céline Lesourd

      Pages 77-93

4. Specific Country Experiences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. About North African Women’s Rights After the Arab Spring

      • Moha Ennaji

      Pages 97-107

   3. Women’s Rights and Equality: Egyptian Constitutional Law

      • Ellen McLarney

      Pages 109-126

   4. The Struggle of Egyptian Women for Equal Rights Continues: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward

      • Moushira Khattab

      Pages 127-142

   5. Women, Art, and Revolution in the Streets of Egypt

      • Névine El Nossery

      Pages 143-157

   6. Notes on Sudanese Women’s Activism, Movements, and Leadership

      • Sondra Hale

      Pages 159-176

   7. Revolutionary Nuns or Totalitarian Pawns: Evaluating Libyan State Feminism After Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi

      • Amanda Rogers

      Pages 177-193

   8. Tunisian Women’s Literature and the Critique of Authority: Sources, Contexts, and the Tunisian “Arab Spring”

      • Lilia Labidi

      Pages 195-210

   9. Engendering Tunisia’s Democratic Transition: What Challenges Face Women?

      • Nabila Hamza

      Pages 211-221

   10. Women and Leadership in the Post-Arab Spring: The Case of Tunisia

       • Khadija Arfaoui

       Pages 223-234

   11. The Algerian Woman Issue: Struggles, Islamic Violence, and Co-optation

       • Rachid Tlemçani

       Pages 235-249

   12. Moroccan Women in Limbo: On Liminal Citizenship and the Quest for Equality

       • Soumia Boutkhil

       Pages 251-265

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.

• Women’s rights movements
• Arab Spring
• North Africa
• Creative resistance
• Feminism
• constitution
• feminism
• gender
• literature
• media
• philosophy
• quality
• social science
• state
• violence
• women

"This volume is a must read for anyone in search of a greater understanding of gender issues in North Africa since the Arab uprisings. It offers a theoretically nuanced and highly informative study of how women's movements operate in countries as diverse as Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan. Combining academic and activist perspectives, and highlighting the variety of women's experiences, the authors present rich evidence and incisive analyses. The volume makes a unique contribution to the scholarly literature on women's movements in the region." - Mounira M. Charrad, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, USA, and author of the award-winning book, States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco

"This collection provides exciting and important discussions of the women's rights movements in the Middle East and North Africa, spanning multiple national, historical, political, and social contexts. The comparative perspective is useful and timely, specifically underscoring the varying and multiple contexts that defy any facile or homogenous approach to studying feminist movements in the Middle East and North Africa." - Carol Fadda-Conrey, Associate Professor of English, Syracuse University, USA
"This volume is a must read for anyone in search of a greater understanding of gender issues in North Africa since the Arab uprisings. It offers a theoretically nuanced and highly informative study of how women's movements operate in countries as diverse as Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan. Combining academic and activist perspectives, and highlighting the variety of women's experiences, the authors present rich evidence and incisive analyses. The volume makes a unique contribution to the scholarly literature on women's movements in the region." - Mounira M. Charrad, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, USA, and author of the award-winning book, States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco

"This collection provides exciting and important discussions of the women's rights movements in the Middle East and North Africa, spanning multiple national, historical, political, and social contexts. The comparative perspective is useful and timely, specifically underscoring the varying and multiple contexts that defy any facile or homogenous approach to studying feminist movements in the Middle East and North Africa." - Carol Fadda-Conrey, Associate Professor of English, Syracuse University, USA

• Fez, Morocco

  Fatima Sadiqi

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 .

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