Arab Feminist Cyber Activism

Theorizing Indigenous Knowledge Production and Decolonizing Feminism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6442335
AutoresEbtihal Mahadeen (University of Edinburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen17
Número4
Páginas374-388
Fecha de publicación2025-01-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Journal of Culture and Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1873-9857 • E-ISSN: 1873-9865
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18739865-01704006
OpenAlexW4406715924
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas13

There is a need to situate current iterations of Arabic feminist cyber activism within the long history of feminist activism in the region and to read them as initiatives in/from the margin that adopt an intersectional approach with an explicit focus on indigenous decolonial knowledge. Some Arab feminist collectives active today are producing and enabling the production of distinctly indigenous articulations of feminism situated in opposition to what can be termed hegemonic feminism, embodied in international and non-governmental women’s organizations. I analyse these collectives’ works on two levels: the level of feminist positioning and the level of mediated activism. This article argues that these collectives’ interventions are authentic and of the region, embody resistance from the margin, as well as the ethos and politics of solidarity, particularly considering their positioning on Palestine, and they resist digital colonialism through abstaining from extractive media practices and adopting a redistributive ethos

Computer security · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Middle East Politics and Society · Social Media and Politics · Socioeconomic Development in MENA