The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Media and Communication in the Middle East and North Africa stands as an authoritative and up-to-date resource on the critical debates, research methods and ongoing reflections on how gender and communication intersect with the economic, social, political, and cultural fabrics of the countries in the MENA region. The Handbook comprises thirty-one chapters written by both established and rising scholars of gender, media, and digital technologies, and will rely on fresh data which seeks to capture the dynamic and complex realities of MENA societies, as well as the tensions and contradictions in the politics of gender and uses of communication technologies. The Handbook is split into six sections: Gender, Identities and Sexualities; The Gender of Politics; Gender and Activism; Gender-Based Violence; Gender and Entrepreneurship; and Gender in Expressive Cultures.
Author(s): Loubna H. Skalli; Nahed Eltantawy
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Front Matter
1. Introduction to Gender, Media, and Communication in MENA
Part I
2. Loving Daughters, Devoted Sons and Kissing Protestors Online: Navigating Intimacy and Multiple Aspects of the Self Among Young Facebook Users in Egypt
3. Making Visible the Unseen Queer: Gay Dating Apps and Ideologies of Truthmaking in an Outing Campaign in Morocco
4. Queer Resistance and Activism in Upon the Shadow
5. Saudi Women in the Mohammed bin Salman Era: Examining the Paradigm Shift
Part II
6. Mothering the Protest: Gender Performativity as a Communication Mechanism in the Iraqi Protest Movement
7. Iraq’s October Revolution: Between Structures of Patriarchy and Emotion
8. Blogging in Pre-war Syria: Female Voices from Within an Authoritarian Regime and Patriarchal Society
9. Syrian Women in the Digital Sphere
10. Following in Gezi’s Steps: Women’s Activism After the Gezi Protests
11. Egypt’s #MeToo in the Shadow of Revolution: Digital Activism and the Demobilization of the Sexual Harassment Movement
Part III
12. Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Role of Women’s Magazines
13. Omani Women in the Media: Navigating Political and Social Powers
14. The Intersection of Politics, Gender, and Media: Female Politicians in Popular Israeli Women’s Magazines
15. Seizing the Opportunity: Political Participation of Libyan Women and Their Partaking in Communication Platforms
16. Facebook’s Role in Empowering Egyptian Women During COVID-19: Case of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections
Part IV
17. Digital Intimacy and Violence in Contemporary Libya
18. Palestinian Women’s Digital Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: Navigating Transnational and Social Media Spaces
19. Uncovering Narratives: The Effects of Algerian Media and Legal System on Survivors of Domestic Violence
20. Egyptian Women’s Cyberactivism: The Ongoing Battle Against Sexual Harassment and Violence
21. “Don’t Touch Me”: Sexual Harassments, Digital Threats, and Social Resistance Toward Kuwaiti Female Journalists
22. Gender in Yemeni Media: Hostility and Marginalization in a Fractured Media
Part V
23. Redefining the Archive: Birdsong, Tied Circles, and Woman-Space in Dunya Mikhail’s In Her Feminine Sign
24. Feminism Ruptured, or Feminism Repaired? Music, Feminisms, and Gender Politics in Palestinian Subcultures
25. Moroccan Hip Hop Queens: A (Her)Story of Rap Music in Morocco
26. Women Artists and Contemporary Art in the Maghreb: Insights from the Works of Aicha Filali, Sana Tamzini, and Khadija Tnana
27. Laughable Resistance? The Role of Humour in Middle Eastern Women’s Social Media Empowerment
28. Egyptian Women’s Graffiti and the Construction of Future Imaginaries
Part VI
29. ICT Impact on Female Entrepreneurs in Lebanon and UAE
30. Gender and ICT Entrepreneurship in Jordan and Kuwait
31. Disruptive Social Entrepreneurship from Bahrain: The Case of Esra’a Al Shafei
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