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North African Women after the Arab Spring

In the Eye of the Storm

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Editors:
  1. Larbi Touaf

    1. English Department, Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco

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  2. Soumia Boutkhil

    1. Mohammed I University , Oujda, Morocco

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  3. Chourouq Nasri

    1. Mohammed I University , Oujda, Morocco

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  • Considers women's rights in North Africa from different intellectual and practical perspectives
  • Contributes to the international conversation about the gendered consequences of the Arab Spring
  • Deepens readers' comprehension of why women's rights are the battleground for societal change in Islamic culture(s)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Larbi Touaf, Soumia Boutkhil
    Pages 1-9

  3. Post-2011 Pressures for Expanded Female Citizenship and Family Law Reform in Mena: Theorizing on Change amidst Political Transition

    • Rania Maktabi
    Pages 11-51

  4. The Liberating Force of Art, Humor, and Social Media: Women Cartoonists of the Arab Spring

    • Chourouq Nasri
    Pages 53-76

  5. The Arab Spring and Women’s Rights Activism on Facebook

    • AndrĂ© Fecteau
    Pages 77-96

  6. Watered-Down Feminism: An Examination of Gender and Revolutionary Ideals in Morocco

    • Jessica Lambert
    Pages 97-120

  7. Tradition and Modernity or the Ambivalent Public Sphere: Women’s Political Participation in Morocco Before and After the Arab Spring

    • Larbi Touaf
    Pages 121-133

  8. Who’s Under the Robe? On Women in the Judicial System in Morocco

    • Soumia Boutkhil
    Pages 135-147

  9. The Women’s Movement and the 20 February Movement in Morocco: An Awkward Relationship

    • Lenie Brouwer, Edien Bartels
    Pages 149-167

  10. Mediated Femininity and Female Citizenship in Moroccan Electronic News Sites – Hespress.com as a Case Study

    • Soumia Ben Rochd
    Pages 169-189

  11. The Reform of the Moroccan Family Law and Women’s Daily Lives: Navigating Between Structural Constraints and Personal Agency

    • Oka Storms, Edien Bartels
    Pages 191-209

  12. Winds of Change: Egypt’s Islamic Family Law Between Two Centuries (1920–2013)

    • Nadia Nader, Riham E. A. Debian
    Pages 211-238

  13. Women in Libya: The Ongoing Armed Conflict, Political Instability and Radicalization

    • Asmae Khalifa
    Pages 239-249

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 251-255
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About this book

This book looks with hindsight at the Arab Spring and sheds light on the debates it triggered within North African societies and the alarming developments in women’s rights. Although women played a key role in the success of the uprisings that wiped out long ruling oligarchies across the region, they remain excluded from decision-making circles and the formal political and electoral apparatus. Women's rights are written off constitution drafts, and issues of gender equality are hardly addressed. The chapters that compose this volume present research and reflections from different perspectives to help the reader get a better picture of the profound turmoil that beset this part of the so-called “Arab” World. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the contributors discuss a host of questions related to women and gender in the Arab world and address the broader question of why women's efforts and momentum during the revolution did not seem to pay off the same way they did for men. Thisbook provides an assessment of the situation from the inside. It is intended to help the general public as well as the academic world comprehend the significance of what is going on in this key part of the Islamic World.

Reviews

“A great book full of important information for those of us who are eager to know about women’s situation in the aftermath of Arab Spring in the MENA region. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about Arab women’s rights from a variety of perspectives and comparative insights across a wide range of disciplines.“ (Touria Khannous, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • English Department, Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco

    Larbi Touaf

  • Mohammed I University , Oujda, Morocco

    Soumia Boutkhil, Chourouq Nasri

About the editors

Larbi Touaf is Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies, and former Chair of the English Department at Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco. His research explores the intersections of culture, politics, and literature.


Soumia Boutkhil is Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies at Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco. Her research focuses on feminine literature and women’s status in Morocco, particularly on the problematic intersections of law and religion.


Chourouq Nasri is Associate Professor of English, Media and Gender Studies at Mohamed I University, Morocco. Her research and publications explore the interaction of visual culture, gender, and public space.



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