1st Edition
Arab Spring and Arab Women Challenges and opportunities
Edited By Muhamad S. Olimat
Copyright 2014
230 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
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Routledge
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This volume examines the role of Arab women in the Arab Spring and their contribution to the ongoing process of change sweeping the region. The book begins with an examination of the process of democratization and its impediments in the Arab World since the Second World War. It then looks at the conditions that led to the upsurge of the so-called Arab Spring. Finally, it underscores women’s role... Read more
Introduction: Democratization, Arab Spring and Arab Women Muhamad S. Olimat Arab Women and Political Development Arwa Oweis, Muntaha Gharaibeh, Hmoud Olimat and Hadeel Al Maaitah Gender Empowerment in Algeria Sangeeta Sinha Bahraini Women and the Arab Spring: meeting the challenges of empowerment and emancipation Magdalena Karolak An Egyptian Spring for Women? Nadine Sika The Role of Women in the Egyptian Revolution of 25 January Manal al-Natour Arab Spring and Women in Kuwait Muhamad S. Olimat Prospects for Women in New Libya Wafa Bugaighis The Struggle for Women's Rights in Morocco: from Historical Feminism to 20 February Activism Zeineb Touati Saudi Arab women's rights and the Arab Spring uprisings: contextualizing grassroots activism and state reforms Magdalena Karolak The status of women in Syria - before and during the Arab Spring Lorraine Charles and Kate Denman Social networks and women's rights activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia Zeineb Touati and Sami Zlitni The Arab Spring: The beginning or the end of women's dreams in Yemen Lody Odeh Conclusion Muhamad S. Olimat
Biography
Muhamad Olimat (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.)
