Critically evaluates the rapid changes that have happened in women’s lives in the contemporary Middle East due to globalization and the increasing popularity of modern technology and social media use.
Following the Arab Spring events in 2011, a number of important women’s social movements, as well as female figures and online communities, emerged to create positive change and demand equality with men. In Women’s Activism and New Media in the Arab World, Ahmed Al-Rawi discusses and maps out new feminist movements, organizations, and trends, assessing the influence of new media technologies on them and the impact of both on the values and culture of the Middle East. Due to the participation of many women in the events of the Arab Spring, he argues, a new image of Middle Eastern women has emerged in the West. As a result of social media, women have generally become more effective in expressing their views and better connected with each other, yet at the same time some women have been inhibited since many conservative circles use these new technologies to maintain their power. Overall, however, Al-Rawi argues that social media and new mobile technologies are assisting in creating changes that are predominately positive. Often assisted by these new technologies, the real change makers are women who have clear agencies and high hopes and aspirations to create a better future for themselves.
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List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Cultural Values, New Media Technologies, and Globalization
2. Influential Female Activists and Sociopolitical Change
3. Religious Activism and Online Communities
4. Political Activism and Social Movements
5. Social Activism and Civil Society
6. Cultural Activism and Anti-Violence Campaigns
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Ahmed Al-Rawi is Assistant Professor of Social Media, News, and Public Communication at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He is the author of Islam on You Tube: Online Debates, Protests, and Extremism.
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