Gender Uprisings

In the following articles, Six Years In: The Uprisings Will Be Gendered, Maya Mikdashi, and Framing the online women's movements in the Arab world, by Ahmed Al-Rawi, they both continue to cover the topic of gender repression in the Middle East. In Mikdashi's article, she focuses on the sexual and bodily rights regarding the issue of gender in …

Gender Discourse Themes

By Paul deBruynKops Blog post 11 for 03/06 It is quite interesting to see how Maya Mikdashi has changed, from her articles in 2012 to this newer article “Six Years In: The Uprisings Will Be Gendered.” Compared to her other article, “The Uprisings will be Gendered,” which elaborated on three different frames in the media, …

3/6 Blog Post

I found the "Framing the Online Women’s movements in the Arab world” study to be very interesting. We have learned a lot about how Facebook made such a big difference in the Arab Spring but I hadn’t come across too many specific content analysis such as this one. I was surprised that such young women …

Kafa, Jinsaya, Nasawiya

Ahmed Al-Rawi, “Framing the online women’s movements in the Arab world” (Feb 2014). This article discusses popular online protests spearheaded by Arab women in an effort to break down social and institutional barriers preventing women from speaking out and expressing their concerns without having to fear persecution. Amongst these concerns were: "lack of employment opportunities, corruption, …

blog for 3/6

The article “Framing the online women’s movements in the Arab world” examines Facebook provides an important platform for women to fight for their rights. The inequality of woman is a very common phenomenon in the Middle East. With the using of Facebook, women have chance to gather their power together and express their dissatisfaction to …

Gender in the Politics of Uprisings

Ahmed Al Rawi's publishing, "Framing the online women's movements in the Arab world", was brilliantly written. While it was a research paper, and those are expected to be objective, I truly appreciated the manner in which it was written in. Like Maya Mikdashi's articles highlighted, most studies pertaining to feminism are done so in a …

Gender & Issue Framing

Ahmed Al-Rawi’s “Framing the online women’s movements in the Arab world” follows the study of three feminist movements: the ‘Uprising of Women in the Arab World,’ the ‘Girls’ Revolution,’ and the ‘Revolution against Patriarchal Society.’ Al-Rawi explains that each movement was started by Arab women on Facebook as a way to harness the same political …

Blog #11

In the article “Framing the online women’s movements in the Arab world” by Ahmed Al-Rawi, it focuses on the power of Facebook protests.  It gave women a platform in order to peacefully protest and fight for equality with men in the Arab world. They used this platform in order to express their feelings and beliefs …

Feminist movements in the Middle East Blog #11

The scholarly paper, “Framing the online women’s movements in the Arab world,” written by Ahmed Al-Rawi delves into the online protests on Facebook brought by women in the Arab world. It focuses on women’s equality with men and their freedom to express views without the fear of being targeted or harmed. These protests challenged moral …

Sexual and Political Violence – Blog #11

In the first article, "Framing the online women's movements in the Arab World," Ahmed Al-Rawi starts us off by introducing online movements, organized by Arab women, in hopes for equality with men and the freedom to express their views. Many Arab women challenge moral codes, stereotypes, and many old customs that unite many men and …