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Introduction Introduction
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Separation! Separation!
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Institutional arrangements in Egypt Institutional arrangements in Egypt
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The Liminal Phase The Liminal Phase
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Reintegration: Popular sentiments and stereotypes prevailing in the new order Reintegration: Popular sentiments and stereotypes prevailing in the new order
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What is thirst but fear of thirst itself! (Omar Khayyam) What is thirst but fear of thirst itself! (Omar Khayyam)
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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8 Women Are Also Part of This Revolution
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Published:September 2012
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Abstract
This chapter provides a critical review of the roles of women in the Egyptian revolution and of the place of feminism in Egyptian politics. On the one hand the imagery of the revolutionary moment is replete with scenes and signs of gender justice, camaraderie, equality, mutual respect and liberation. The transformative event that we call Tahrir Square did change the gender imbalance! But on the other hand the post revolutionary space is disturbingly similar to the way we women used to be. The chapter reviews the recent history of gender justice gains, state sponsored feminism and attempts to challenge formal politics and formal feminism and presents an interpretation of what happened in Egypt, why the roar of revolution only yielded an ripple of modest gains for women and what is needed for a way forward for women as social and political partners in the future. Key to this argument is a distinction between personal and formal freedom and rights. The case of Egypt shows a dis-juncture between the rights and equality enjoyed by powerful women in the public domain and their own inability to realise equality for themselves and for other women in the realm of the personal and the private.
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