Kenza Oumlil
Biographic Data
| ID | 2578437 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenza Oumlil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenza |
| FAMILY NAME | Oumlil |
| SIGNATURE | OUMLIL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Al Akhawayn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3395-8031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Counter-Narratives about Sub-Saharan Migrant Women in the Digital Public Sphere
This article looks at counter-narratives of sub-Saharan migrant women in the digital public sphere in Morocco. It aims to highlight the civic engagement of migrant social media activism. Whereas migration and media have been covered in other contexts, this study contributes to the debate in Morocco and North/Sub-Saharan Africa. It will tackle the topic of media migrant representation in Morocco, with a particular focus on women’s representation. …
North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back
The Rise of Fourth‐Wave Feminism in the Arab region? Cyberfeminism and Women's Activism at the Crossroads of the Arab Spring
This article explores the emergence of fourth-wave feminism in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region in the context of the Arab Spring, which was a series of uprisings that followed the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi in December 2010 and spread through several countries in the MENA region. The uprisings protested authoritarian regimes and called for democracy, freedom, and social justice. Fourth-wave feminism finds its origins …
The representation of women in Moroccan television talk shows
Women’s representation in Moroccan media is still an understudied area of academic inquiry; Anglophone scholarship in particular is lacking in this domain. This paper aims to rectify the gap by examining the construction of women’s identity in Moroccan television talk shows. Using textual analysis, it investigates two television shows Bidoun Haraj and Mâa Nass, both hosted by women. The episodes for this analysis were selected based on the criter…
Re-Writing History on Screen
This article examines how the award winning film Salt of This Sea (2008) responds to dominant gendered representations of Arab and Palestinian identity. The choice of this film is based on its significance as a contemporary cinematic text that aims to present alternative portrayals to those prevalent in the media. Furthermore, Annemarie Jacir is the first Palestinian female filmmaker to make a full-length feature film. The film puts a courageous …
Talking Back”
This paper examines how Suheir Hammad's poetry “talks back” (bell hooks) to dominant gendered discourses. My central argument is that Hammad's influential poetry is constitutive of a discourse of resistance. This paper posits resistance as being counter-hegemonic. It demonstrates how these representations signify a re-articulation of identity and a call for a redistribution of symbolic power. On the basis of a textual analysis of Hammad's poetry,…
Muslims and Media Images
Ather Farouqi’s edited book Muslims and Media Images: News VersusViews examines the Hindi and Urdu press as well as Hindi and regional languagefilms. The uniqueness of the collection lies in the grounded approachtaken to study the topic of media images of Indian Muslims. Along with anintroduction and two appendices, this volume consists of nineteen mainlyshort chapters organized in four sections that highlight the experiences ofmedia practitioner…
The representation of women in Moroccan television talk shows
Women’s representation in Moroccan media is still an understudied area of academic inquiry; Anglophone scholarship in particular is lacking in this domain. This paper aims to rectify the gap by examining the construction of women’s identity in Moroccan television talk shows. Using textual analysis, it investigates two television shows Bidoun Haraj and Mâa Nass, both hosted by women. The episodes for this analysis were selected based on the criter…
Talking Back”
This paper examines how Suheir Hammad's poetry “talks back” (bell hooks) to dominant gendered discourses. My central argument is that Hammad's influential poetry is constitutive of a discourse of resistance. This paper posits resistance as being counter-hegemonic. It demonstrates how these representations signify a re-articulation of identity and a call for a redistribution of symbolic power. On the basis of a textual analysis of Hammad's poetry,…
Re-Writing History on Screen
This article examines how the award winning film Salt of This Sea (2008) responds to dominant gendered representations of Arab and Palestinian identity. The choice of this film is based on its significance as a contemporary cinematic text that aims to present alternative portrayals to those prevalent in the media. Furthermore, Annemarie Jacir is the first Palestinian female filmmaker to make a full-length feature film. The film puts a courageous …
Muslims and Media Images
Ather Farouqi’s edited book Muslims and Media Images: News VersusViews examines the Hindi and Urdu press as well as Hindi and regional languagefilms. The uniqueness of the collection lies in the grounded approachtaken to study the topic of media images of Indian Muslims. Along with anintroduction and two appendices, this volume consists of nineteen mainlyshort chapters organized in four sections that highlight the experiences ofmedia practitioner…
Talking Back”
This paper examines how Suheir Hammad's poetry “talks back” (bell hooks) to dominant gendered discourses. My central argument is that Hammad's influential poetry is constitutive of a discourse of resistance. This paper posits resistance as being counter-hegemonic. It demonstrates how these representations signify a re-articulation of identity and a call for a redistribution of symbolic power. On the basis of a textual analysis of Hammad's poetry,…
Re-Writing History on Screen
This article examines how the award winning film Salt of This Sea (2008) responds to dominant gendered representations of Arab and Palestinian identity. The choice of this film is based on its significance as a contemporary cinematic text that aims to present alternative portrayals to those prevalent in the media. Furthermore, Annemarie Jacir is the first Palestinian female filmmaker to make a full-length feature film. The film puts a courageous …
The representation of women in Moroccan television talk shows
Women’s representation in Moroccan media is still an understudied area of academic inquiry; Anglophone scholarship in particular is lacking in this domain. This paper aims to rectify the gap by examining the construction of women’s identity in Moroccan television talk shows. Using textual analysis, it investigates two television shows Bidoun Haraj and Mâa Nass, both hosted by women. The episodes for this analysis were selected based on the criter…
The Rise of Fourth‐Wave Feminism in the Arab region? Cyberfeminism and Women's Activism at the Crossroads of the Arab Spring
This article explores the emergence of fourth-wave feminism in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region in the context of the Arab Spring, which was a series of uprisings that followed the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi in December 2010 and spread through several countries in the MENA region. The uprisings protested authoritarian regimes and called for democracy, freedom, and social justice. Fourth-wave feminism finds its origins …
North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back
Counter-Narratives about Sub-Saharan Migrant Women in the Digital Public Sphere
This article looks at counter-narratives of sub-Saharan migrant women in the digital public sphere in Morocco. It aims to highlight the civic engagement of migrant social media activism. Whereas migration and media have been covered in other contexts, this study contributes to the debate in Morocco and North/Sub-Saharan Africa. It will tackle the topic of media migrant representation in Morocco, with a particular focus on women’s representation. …
Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (3 works)