New Trends of Women's Activism After the Arab Uprisings: Redefining Women's Leadership

Speaker: Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, LSE Chair: Lori Allen, SOAS Aitemad Muhanna-Matar presents the findings of field research conducted in five countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and the occupied Palestinian territory) in 2013. The research focuses on the emergence of young female leaders who have shaped a new form of women’s activism that merges Islamism with feminism. It also reflects on the form of women's leadership that developed during and after the Arab Uprisings and how it could contribute to redefining women's activism and empowerment and its effect on social and gender transformation in Arab countries. Recorded on 6 November 2014.