Query Result Set
Skip Navigation Links
   ActiveUsers:435Hits:20675619Skip Navigation Links
Show My Basket
Contact Us
IDSA Web Site
Ask Us
Today's News
HelpExpand Help
Advanced search

  Hide Options
Sort Order Items / Page
EL-HUSSEINI, ROLA (2) answer(s).
 
SrlItem
1
ID:   145667


Is gender the barrier to democracy? Women, Islamism, and the “Arab spring” / el-Husseini, Rola   Journal Article
El-Husseini, Rola Journal Article
0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)
Summary/Abstract In the Western political science literature of the late 20th and early 21st century, the Middle East has often been described, not only as authoritarian, but also as impervious to democracy. Institutional, structural, and cultural explanations were advanced to explain this democracy deficit. This article will debunk the notion that democratization in the Middle East is limited by entrenched Muslim and/or Islamist views on social and sexual mores, and on women’s political and social rights. Indeed, the events of the so-called “Arab Spring” have shown that the desire for democracy is the reason for the overthrow of several regimes in the Arab world. These popular-led regime changes were triggered by a desire for political and social reform. The main actors behind the Arab uprisings have been Arab youths and women, with women actively participating in anti-regime demonstrations and sometimes paying the price for that participation with their bodies. Using examples mainly from North Africa, the article will show three trends that have emerged in the region since the 1990s: changes in the law proposed by grassroots secular activists, the work of Muslim feminists, and that of Islamist female activists in the transformation of women’s roles in the Middle East that counter the claim that Islamic views on gender equality limit the emergence of democracy.
Key Words Democracy  Women  Muslim Brotherhood  Islamic Feminism  Islam  Islamist Activism 
        Export Export
2
ID:   083617


Resistance, Jihad, and Martyrdom in Contemporary Lebanese Shi‘a Discourse / El-Husseini, Rola   Journal Article
El-Husseini, Rola Journal Article
0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)
Publication 2008.
Summary/Abstract This article examines the contemporary Shi'a understanding of jihad, martyrdom, and resistance through an analysis of the writings of two leading Lebanese Shi'a scholars: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah and Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din. This article shows the impact of their writings on resistance movements in the region. It maintains that their discourse is central to the ideological foundation of Hizbullah, and also has affected the development of Hamas and its adoption of tactics developed in Lebanon against Israel
Key Words Middle East  Jihad  Hamas  Hizbullah 
        Export Export