Every geo-political crisis has been marked by a revival of the discourse about women, the control over their bodies, their rights, their role in the public sphere and indeed their freedom.
This dossier builds on the legacy of this long tradition of women struggles in West Asia & North Africa. A fight for equality that intersected multiple plans, and that often transcends women’s rights, embracing broader objectives.
The essays collected in this dossier show the strict link between intellectual production and grassroots activism that characterize contemporary feminism across WANA. Together, they articulate the necessity of questioning generic definitions of feminism, a word behind which one should read multiple and diverse theories, praxes, and aspirations.
From the war of independence to the 2019 popular movement, the intersectional feminist Amal Hadjadj reflects on the history of feminism in her country, Algeria. New and older generations’ different orientations and priorities, in search for a common ground.
Read moreDetailsFarah Youssef talks to herself, and to the readers, tracing her feminist path through revolution, exile, activism.
Read moreDetailsAn interview with Jiyan Group about the revolutionary uprising in Iran.
Read moreDetailsThe Lina Ben Mhenni feminist school is a space where we engage in self-discovery, while we also embark on a collective journey, which lead us to see the Other within ourselves, and simultaneously to see our different and similar realities from an intersectional perspective.
Read moreDetailsIn this article, my concern is not to criticize and compare the different tools per se. I am rather more interested in reviewing the concept of justice, and its intended purposes in these feminist circles, which I am a part in one way or another.
Read moreDetailsAn Interview with Lina Isma’il.
Read moreDetailsFeminist praxes and ideas in the 21st century: experiences from Palestine, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Algeria.
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