![]() | Resistance, Revolt, and Gender Justice in Egypt On December 20, 2011, Egyptian women of all ages and backgrounds--urban and rural, working class and upper class--came out in force to Cairo's Tahrir Square in one of the largest uprisings in the country's history. The demonstrators gathered as citizens and likewise as women demanding social change and the right to gender equality. The size and impact of that uprising underscore the vital importance of women activists to what became known as the Arab Spring. Mariz Tadros is a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She is the author of The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt: Democracy Redefined or Confined? |
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