| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 152 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cultural Values, New Media Technologies, and Globalization -- Influential Female Activists and Sociopolitical Change -- Religious Activism and Online Communities -- Political Activism and Social Movements -- Social Activism and Civil Society -- Cultural Activism and Anti-Violence Campaigns. |
| Summary |
"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 author 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminism -- Arab countries.
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Feminism. |
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Arab countries. |
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Women -- Political activity -- Arab countries.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Mass media and women -- Arab countries.
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Mass media and women. |
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Social movements -- Arab countries.
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Social movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Social movements. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Al-Rawi, Ahmed K. Women's activism and new media in the Arab world. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2020 9781438478661 (DLC) 2019036158 (OCoLC)1113407372 |
| ISBN |
9781438478678 (electronic book) |
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1438478674 (electronic book) |
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9781438478661 |
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1438478666 |
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9781438478654 |
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1438478658 |
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