Women and the Egyptian Revolution - Engagement and Activism During the 2011 Arab Uprisings

An examination of women′s political participation and engagement during and after the 2011 uprising in Egypt.

List of contents

Introduction: a dramaturgy of women, Egypt, and the 2011 Egyptian uprising; 1. Women and Egypt's national struggles; 2. Activism and exception: media and the framing of women's engagement in the 2011 Egyptian uprising; 3. Trenching dissent: women's collective action frame in the uprising; 4. An epicentre of solidarity: women's recollections of the 18-day uprising; 5. 'Ento Beto' S¿z¿n ('You are Suzanne's Clique'): gender and political opportunities; 6. What holds next? The politics of hope and disappointment.

About the author

Nermin Allam is the Social Science and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Politics at Princeton University, New Jersey. She holds a D.Phil. in Comparative Politics and International Relations from the University of Alberta, Canada.

Summary

This examination of women during and since the 2011 uprising in Egypt uncovers their voices and their experiences of revolutionary action. Allam analyses the history of women's political participation and reflects on the current situation in order to understand the dynamics of gender and women's rights in Egypt.

Product details

• Authors: Nermin Allam, Nermin (Princeton University Allam
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108421904
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42190-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Egypt, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Political activism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Political activism / Political engagement