Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison, atripp@wisc.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Why have the three Maghreb countries, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, passed more extensive constitutional
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”,
“We Don’t have Citizenship:” Liberation and Other Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Iranian Women’s Activism in the MENA and Beyond
Shirin Saeidi, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Saeidi@uark.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. During my research and conversations with Iranians, I am often questioned on my research
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
Gilead in Palestine
Lihi Ben Shitrit, University of Georgia, lben@uga.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. In her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which has received renewed attention following its