MER Article Gender and Counterrevolution in Egypt The 18 days of revolution beginning on January 25, 2011 united Egypt. A wide range of citizens, men and women, veiled and unveiled, young and old, middle-class and working-class, stood behind the goals of ending the 30-year rule of Husni Mubarak and stopping the planned succession of his son to the Mervat Hatem • 16 min read
MER Article Gender and Revolution in Egypt During the 18 days of the uprising against Husni Mubarak’s autocratic rule, the streets were filled with women from across the Egyptian social spectrum. Young and old, veiled and unveiled, poor and affluent -- women came out in force to support the movement for a democratic revolution. Yet the Mervat Hatem • 14 min read
MER Article Gender and Islamism in the 1990s In response to the patriarchal tendencies of the Islamist cultural revolution, a small group of Islamist and other Muslim women have reclaimed Qur’anic and other textual interpretation for their own purposes. The result is a new space for women within the Islamic tradition. Mervat Hatem • 13 min read
