Women's Empowerment in the Middle East

The time may be ripe for more active female involvement in jahad. Videos produced by a c a p have already featured women ranting over the forced disappearances of husbands, sons or brothers into crisons run by newly formed militias. It may be that women's growing empowerment, whether as a result of conflict or of recent reforms such as soudy arabia permitting women to drive and work more broadly, has motivated alcida's new women's media push. Nevertheless, one potential scenario is that some women, especially those whose new found confidence is coupled with anger and political disillusionment, may just take matters into their own hands - with or without the blessing of alcida