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Summary
Summary
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 as participants, organizers, leaders, but also as victims.
The main thesis of the book is that while Arab women were an integral part of the revolutionary efforts within the Arab Spring paradigm, they did not benefit from their sacrifices. Although they continue to be part of the process of change, their gains, rights and scope for participation are still limited. If the expansion of women's participation and the scope of their rights do not seem to be a priority for revolutionary forces, women have made remarkable achievements, especially in some Arab Spring countries such as Yemen and Libya.
The book includes case studies of some Arab Spring countries and other countries influenced by developments: Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. It calls on revolutionary and reformist forces to give special attention to issues related to Arab women, as they are an indispensable pillar in the process of reform, development, peace and stability in the Middle East.
Author Notes
Muhamad S. Olimat, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at the Institute for International and Civil Security, Khalifa University for Science, Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His area of expertise is Middle East politics and US foreign policy toward the Middle East. Dr Olimat has published several articles on the region, and his book China and the Middle East: From Silk Road to Arab Spring has been published by Routledge.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations | p. ix |
List of contributors | p. x |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Acknowledgements | p. xv |
Abbreviations | p. xvi |
Introduction: democratization, Arab Spring and Arab women | p. 1 |
1 Arab women and political development | p. 17 |
2 Gender empowerment in Algeria | p. 32 |
3 Bahraini women and the Arab Spring: meeting the challenges of empowerment and emancipation | p. 48 |
4 An Egyptian Spring for women? | p. 61 |
5 The role of women in the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011 | p. 70 |
6 The Arab Spring and women in Kuwait | p. 86 |
7 Prospects for women in the new Libya | p. 106 |
8 The struggle for women's rights in Morocco: from historical feminism to 20 February 2011 activism | p. 121 |
9 Saudi Arabian women's rights and the Arab Spring uprisings: contextualizing grassroots activism and state reforms | p. 134 |
10 The status of women in Syria before and during the Arab Spring | p. 146 |
11 Social networks and women's rights activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia | p. 162 |
12 The Arab Spring: the beginning or the end of women's dreams in Yemen? | p. 176 |
Conclusion | p. 193 |
Index | p. 197 |