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Published in: 50.50Are women occupying new movements?The women's movement must argue against a de-historicized understanding of new social movements in the African...
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Published in: 50.50Mutilating bodies: the Muslim Brotherhood’s gift to Egyptian womenIn Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have offered to circumcise women for a nominal fee as part of their community...
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Published in: 50.50Decoding the “DNA of Patriarchy” in Muslim family lawsWhy and how did verse 4:34, and not other verses in the Qur’an, become the foundation for the legal construction of...
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Published in: 50.50"We are not women, we are Egyptians": spaces of protest and representation
A focus on the spaces where women asserted their public presence in the Egyptian revolution reveals a great deal...
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Published in: 50.50February 20 movement: reflections of a young activist
The 20th February movement was seen by some as elitist and too focused on political demands, while the people were...
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Published in: 50.50Why women are at the heart of Egypt’s political trials and tribulations
The Egyptian elections delivered a parliament that has one of the lowest rates of female representation in the...
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Published in: 50.50The Saudi response to the ‘Arab spring’: containment and co-optionSaudi Arabia’s response to the ‘Arab spring’ has been an attempt to co-opt movements for change in a bid to maintain...
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Published in: 50.50Women in the new Libya: challenges ahead
Will the rights of the women, who participated in the struggles leading to fall of Gaddafi, be put under pressure in...
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Published in: 50.50Egyptian storytelling: a vessel for power
Writing has come to mean place and presence, and presence gives us power to force those who don't acknowledge our...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia: Arab Spring, Islamist Summer
Tunisia has voted in the first open and fair election in the region. In part two of a three part article Kristine...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia: Feminist Fall?Nine months after the overthrow of the former president, Tunisia has voted in the first open and fair election in...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia: Women's winter of discontent
Nine months after the overthrow of the former president, Tunisia has voted in the first open and fair election in...
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Published in: 50.50"Mighty be our powers": peaceful women and the global south
“We have included the Arab Spring in this prize, but we have put it in a particular context. Namely, if one fails to...
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Published in: 50.50Sudan secession: resolving divisions?
South Sudan celebrates its independence this week, becoming the world's newest nation. But the festering divisions...
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Published in: 50.50Sudan: a lonely road for women MPs in opposition
With the secession of South Sudan on July 9th, North Sudan returns to a familiar and depressing status quo - one...
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Published in: 50.50Shirin Ebadi: who defines Islam?
"Egyptian women are lucky in one way. They have witnessed the predicament of Iranian women and seen how the Islamic...
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Published in: 50.50From Tahrir square to my kitchen
Despite the vibrancy of mobilization in Egypt after Mubarak, Hania Sholkamy’s account of the 8th of March...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: the two faces of liberation
"The goddess Sekhmet has risen once and will rise again so Hathour can flourish in peace and justice" - Zainab Magdy...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: from equality of purpose to equality on the ground
"We acted together and we all adhere to the same values: justice, compassion, and unity, and these values are...
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Published in: 50.50The rightful place of gender equality within Islam
An animated discussion is taking place about the relationship between Islam and equality and justice in the context...
