MENA Politics Newsletter 3(2) – Fall 2020

We are delighted to announce the publication of the Fall 2020 issue of the APSA MENA Politics Newsletter, featuring a symposium on women and gender in the Middle East and North Africa organized by Gamze Cavdar (Colorado State University).

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WELCOME MESSAGES

Message from the Section Chair and Editor, Marc Lynch

Section 2020 Award Winners, Marc Lynch

Note from APSA, Ahmed Morsy and Andrew Stinson

REPORT

COVID-19 Pandemic Compounds Challenges Facing MENA Research, Nermin Allam, Gail Buttorff and Marwa Shalaby

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: WOMEN AND GENDER IN MENA

Introduction: Looking Beyond Islam, Gamze Cavdar

Unequal Citizens: State Limitations on Women’s Nationality Rights, Lillian Frost

Gilead in Palestine, Lihi Ben Shitrit

Gender and the Law in the Arab World: Text, Pretext, and Citizenship, Catherine Warrick

“We Don’t have Citizenship:” Liberation and Other Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Iranian Women’s Activism in the MENA and Beyond, Shirin Saeidi

State repression and activist organizing in informal spaces: Comparing feminist movements in Egypt and Iran, Erika Biagini and Paola Rivetti

Why Autocrats Adopt Women’s Rights: The Case of Morocco, Aili Mari Tripp

Implications of Islamist Rule for Women’s Employment in Turkey, Gamze Cavdar

Gender Stereotypes and Women’s Political Representation in MENA, Marwa Shalaby

What Explains Patriarchal Attitudes? The Role of Women’s Employment and Household Structure, Lindsay J. Benstead

A Case for Community Engaged Research in Gender Studies and The Middle East, Nermin Allam