This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Hello from APSA’s Department of International Programs. We hope you and your loved ones are staying well, safe and healthy wherever you are. Like many of you,
A Case for Community Engaged Research in Gender Studies and The Middle East
Nermin Allam, Rutgers University, na587@newark.rutgers.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Why is a community engaged research approach important in the field of gender politics and the
State repression and activist organizing in informal spaces: Comparing feminist movements in Egypt and Iran
Erika Biagini, Dublin City University, Erika.biagini@dcu.ie , Paola Rivetti, Dublin City University, Paola.rivetti@dcu.ie This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. A decade since the so called “Arab Spring”,
Gender and the Law in the Arab World: Text, Pretext, and Citizenship
Catherine Warrick, Villanova University, catherine.warrick@villanova.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. The body of scholarship on gender and politics is rich and wide-ranging, as the essays in
Introduction: Looking Beyond Islam
This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. The topic of women and gender in MENA politics has long been associated with Islam because of a historically-held notion that Islam determines every aspect of life