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Egypt’s virginity testing, An act of repression.

During the Egyptian revolution, women were subjected to a gruesome repressive tactic, virginity testing. The tactic, although old, has stood the test of time in the conservative and patriarchal Egyptian society. Women who were arrested demonstrating in Tahrir Square during … Continue reading

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Focoult, Understanding Power in the Egyptian Context

In my last post, I highlighted the disappointing results of the Egyptian revolution to women’s movement. I won’t go back to the details of the post. Feel free to check it out before reading this post. In 1981, Egypt became a … Continue reading

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Egypt, Global Gender Gap Report; 2006-2012

In 2006, the World Economic Forum launched a report that tracks different countries’ performance on dealing with historical gender gaps that exist between men and women. The report gives a score to a gap as a percentage of inequality existing … Continue reading

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Klor on Colonialism in Latin America

According to Klor, colonialism is a confusing concept in the Latin American case and this is because of the founding concepts of the established meaning of colonialism. He argued that neither colonialism nor post colonialism is “ applicable to the … Continue reading

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Not all the oppressed are subalterns.

In my research of the subaltern, I have found and read a lot of resources ranging from the traditional (by Gramci), structural (by Focoult) to post structural (by Spivak) theories of subaltern. According to Spivak, there is a fine line between the … Continue reading

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The History of the Egyptian Subaltern.

The politics of the people are the politics of the subaltern; the minority, the oppressed and the voiceless. Just as Marx talked of ideologies that were out of touch with reality (in reference with the Hegelians), the Egyptian fundamental agendas … Continue reading

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Poor Woman…

The video below is disturbing and although there is no explicit content, it pokes some questions. First, do they all want to rape one woman or they wanted to beat her up because she was not dressed ‘appropriately?’ [youtube KZyo74ESr2s … Continue reading

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Egypt in a mess: When Fundamentalists shape the ruling ideology

“In the 18 confirmed attacks that day, six women were hospitalized, according to interviews conducted by human rights groups. One woman was stabbed in her genitals, and another required a hysterectomy.” (NYTIMES, March 25). This is one of the saddest … Continue reading

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Role of women in the Egyptian Uprising and the Aftermath

“All of us were there, throwing stones, moving dead bodies. We did everything. There was no difference between men and women.” Asmaa Manfouz, Egyptian Activist (Economist, 11/15/2012) In the eighteen days that led to toppling of Mubarak’s regime, men and women … Continue reading

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Derrida and Wikipedia

We found Derrida’s reading very hard and our discussion was dominated by questions we wished we could answer.  However, with serious back and forth discussion, we were confident in our understanding of some parts of his work. We were very … Continue reading

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