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Title
The Street Belongs to Women, Too! A Gendered Analysis of the Egyptian Revolution and its Influence on Gender Roles for Women in Egypt |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/63996 |
Date
2018 |
Author(s)
Shawki, Soraya |
Contributor(s)
Strava, Cristiana |
Abstract
During the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, protesters and dissident behaviour were severely condemned by agents of the state. Among the protesters were women who were subjugated to gender-specific violence to the criticism of many Egyptians. As awareness of misconduct towards women grew during the Egyptian revolution, it can be argued that the revolution also instigated a shift in thinking about the role of women in Egyptian society, since it opened up a new space for women to express themselves in the process of self-definition. Therefore, I will argue that a gendered analysis of the revolution will help us understand resistance better while interrogating the gender-dynamics in revolutionary Egypt. Hence, I will investigate how the revolution contributed to a shift in the construction of gender roles for women in Egypt. The research problem is understanding how the previously assigned gender roles, framed by nationalist ideologies, played a role in the way women were treated during the public protests. In order to answer this question, I will focus on Egypt under Mubarak and under the SCAF who reigned until 2012. Secondly, I will investigate the role of the state, its patriarchal character and its adherence to a security regime. Thirdly, I will analyse how women protesters were changing the status quo by their acts of protest and how it provoked a different way of thinking about women. The latter, has been aided by female graffiti artists too who used their graffiti as a way of 'speaking back'. This will be contextualised by an analysis of a selection of graffiti made by women during the Egyptian Revolution. |
Subject(s)
gender roles; women; egyptian revolution; mubarak; patriarchy; graffiti; protest; national identity; femininity |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Bachelor thesis |
Repository
Leiden - University of Leiden
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