Gender in the Middle East
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“Live with them Equitably”: Al-Azhar Institute & Social Networks as Platforms for Lowering the Divorce Rate in Egypt
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Michael Barak analyzes the online campaign led by the Al-Azhar Institute, with the encouragement of the Egyptian government, to reduce the high divorce rate in Egypt, and the ambivalent attitudes among Egyptians users of social media towards the campaign.
#MeToo: The Egyptian Version
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Limor Lavie examines the stormy debate that developed on Egyptian networks after a young Egyptian woman, Mina Jubran, shared videos documenting what she considered an indecent proposal from a passerby.
Jihadi #MeToo? New al-Qaʿida Magazine for Women Calls on Them To Stay Indoors and Serve Their Jihadi Husbands
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Gilad Shiloach takes a look at al-Qaʿida's new magazine for women.
We Can Do It: IS Video Shows Their Jihadi Women in Combat for the First Time Ever
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Gilad Shiloach takes a look at a new video released by ISIS, which appears to depict women combatants in the organization's service.
The Girls of Revolution Street: Feminist Discourse on Iranian Social Media
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Raz Zimmt takes a look at the way that social networking sites have been used to advance the status of women in Iran.
#Ana_Kaman
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Heidi Basch-Harod explains the effect of the #MeToo movement on the Middle East and analyzes key developments in women's rights issues in the region during 2017.
Year of the Egyptian Woman
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Michael Barak analyzes the campaign on Egyptian social media to improve the status of women.
Iranian social media users protest forced hijab to mark International Women’s Day
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Raz Zimmt analyzes the campaign on Iranian social media to eliminate the legal requirement for women to wear the hijab in Iran.