A decade after the uprisings that changed the political landscape of many countries in North Africa and the Middle East, Kim Chakanetsa looks at what impact the Arab uprisings had on the lives of women in Egypt and Syria.
Mona Eltahawy is an Egyptian-American author and commentator. She was at the frontline of clashes between protesters and the military in ... Show More
Nov 2023
Féministes arabes au Levant : portraits de femmes libres
Dès la fin du XIXème siècle, des figures féminines engagées dans la lutte pour le droit des femmes ont émergé au Moyen-Orient. Une dynamique particulièrement forte au Levant, de l’Irak à l’Égypte, du Liban à la Palestine. À ces pionnières, musulmanes ou chrétiennes, ont succédé u ... Show More
19m 30s
Jun 2021
Syria’s Top Goon: Art and the Arab Spring
BBC Arabic reporter Dima Babilie marks 10 years since the Arab Spring and speaks to poets, film-makers and artists about how that moment of revolutionary change transformed their lives, their countries and their art. When the protests first broke out in Syria, Dima was a student ... Show More
27m 36s
Nov 2022
Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales
Shahidha Bari looks at the voices of women emerging from new writing in novels, plays and histories. Zenobia, Mavia, and Khadijah are Arabian queens and noblewomen who feature in the new book by Emran Iqbal El-Badawi which looks at the way female rulers of Arabia were crucial in ... Show More
44m 52s
Jun 2014
The Women of the Arab Spring: Part Two
Mona Eltahawey visits her home country of Egypt where women, who stood side-by-side with men during the protests, now fear to walk the streets without being assaulted. Mona hears from the women who are taking matters into their own hands, standing up to sexual harassers and sayin ... Show More
27m 3s
May 2020
Bonus: The Gendered Impact of Covid-19: Cases from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine
Covid-19 has exacerbated many structural problems in the MENA region, throwing already fragile states, embattled economies, and restive societies into deeper turmoil. Reflecting the deeply rooted inequality in the region, the impact of the pandemic has not been uniform across the ... Show More
1h 8m
May 2020
Ep 1 - Universalism, Secularism and Islamism: The Three Feminisms of the Arab World
In this episode, we will be diving into the various representations of feminism that exist in our world today, from the West all the way across to the Middle East. Beginning with a brief overview of the most popular Western liberal conception of feminism, we discuss why this pers ... Show More
35m 27s
Oct 2023
Femme, vie, liberté : révolution en Iran
“Femme ! Vie ! Liberté !” : depuis septembre 2022, ce slogan féministe venu d’Iran parcourt le monde entier. Apparu après le décès de Jina Mahsa Amini le 16 septembre 2022 – une femme iranienne et kurde de 22 ans tuée par la police des mœurs pour avoir mal porté son voile – cette ... Show More
50m 33s