Overview
Women were at the forefront of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, with the Arab Spring protests providing an unprecedented opportunity to make their voices heard. But these women also faced an intense backlash from Egypt’s patriarchal authorities, with female activists subjected to sexual violence and intimidation by the regime and even fellow protestors. Centered on the testimonies of four women who each played a significant role in the protests, this book provides unique insight into women’s experiences during the Egyptian Revolution, and into the methods of resistance these women developed in response to sexual violence. In the process, Hamzeh casts new light on the relationship between gendered and state violence, and argues that women’s resistance to this violence is reshaping gender relations in Egypt and the wider Arab world.
Full Product Details
Author: Manal Hamzeh (New Mexico State University, USA)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Weight: 0.349kg
ISBN: 9781786996213
ISBN 10: 1786996219
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 June 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'An intimate and committed depiction of politically-motivated violence against women in the post-2011 era in Egypt. This book is a significant contribution to the ongoing endeavor to develop an Arab-feminist theory and methodology.'Randa Aboubakr, Cairo University 'Manal Hamza not only provides an extremely powerful account of gendered violence and three Egyptian women's resistance to it, but also makes a highly original contribution to transnational and decolonial feminist scholarship by introducing Arabyya methodologies .' Nadje Al-Ali, Brown University
'An intimate and committed depiction of politically-motivated violence against women in the post 2011 era in Egypt. This book is a significant contribution to the ongoing endeavor to develop an Arab-feminist theory and methodology.'Randa Aboubakr, Cairo University
Author Information
Manal Hamzeh is a professor of Gender and Sexualities at the department of Interdisciplinary Studies of New Mexico State University. Manal Hamzeh’s teaching and research draw on anti-racist educational theories and decolonial feminist research methodologies. She is the author of Pedagogies of DeVeiling (2012) and co-author of the short animation film, The Four Hijabs (2016), with playwright Jamil Khoury, of Chicago’s Silk Road Rising Theater, Chicago.
