Jihan Zakarriya
Biographic Data
| ID | 3099743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jihan Zakarriya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jihan |
| FAMILY NAME | Zakarriya |
| SIGNATURE | ZAKARRIYA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beni-Suef University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0542-9354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hidden feminism is feminism
This article develops the concept of hidden feminism to challenge two dominant assumptions that often shape feminist analyses of activism in the Arab world: first, that feminism must be publicly named to count as feminist politics; and second, that feminist agency is best measured through overt protest and visibility. These assumptions, while influential in visibility-centered scholarship, can obscure the strategically calibrated practices throug…
Randomness and Political Complexity in the Contemporary Arab Novel
This essay examines the concept of randomness in three novels by contemporary Arab novelists, employing chaos theory and complexity theory. The three novels are Lebanese Rabie Gaber's dystopian novel Beirutus: Underground City ( Beirutus: Madīna Taḥt al-Arḍ, 2005), Egyptian Ezzedine Choukri Fishere's realistic novel Exit ( Bāb al-Khurūj, 2012), and Algerian Yasmina Khadra's detective novel What are Monkeys Waiting for? ( Qu'attendent les singes, …
Vulnerability, resistance and sexuality in revolutionary Egypt
Militarised cultures, disgraced bodies, and autocratic securities
This article examines the complex relationship between the concepts of female sexuality, security state, and militarised cultures and spaces as reflected in the cases of three women who are subjected to sexual violence and/or rape during the 2011 revolutions in Egypt and Libya. The three women are Egyptian Samira Ibrahim, who goes through humiliating virginity tests by army forces while in detention, South African Lara Logan, a CBS correspondent …
Humanism in the autobiographies of Edward Said and Nelson Mandela
This paper discusses the concept of memory as a form of humanist activism in the autobiographies of Nelson Mandela and Edward Said. Mandela and Said were chosen because they dedicated their lives to the cause of freedom in South Africa and Palestine. Their engagement with the political causes of their countries turned into a concern with worldwide struggles for human rights and racial equality. While Mandela emerged as a vital force against apart…
Militarised cultures, disgraced bodies, and autocratic securities
This article examines the complex relationship between the concepts of female sexuality, security state, and militarised cultures and spaces as reflected in the cases of three women who are subjected to sexual violence and/or rape during the 2011 revolutions in Egypt and Libya. The three women are Egyptian Samira Ibrahim, who goes through humiliating virginity tests by army forces while in detention, South African Lara Logan, a CBS correspondent …
Humanism in the autobiographies of Edward Said and Nelson Mandela
This paper discusses the concept of memory as a form of humanist activism in the autobiographies of Nelson Mandela and Edward Said. Mandela and Said were chosen because they dedicated their lives to the cause of freedom in South Africa and Palestine. Their engagement with the political causes of their countries turned into a concern with worldwide struggles for human rights and racial equality. While Mandela emerged as a vital force against apart…
Militarised cultures, disgraced bodies, and autocratic securities
This article examines the complex relationship between the concepts of female sexuality, security state, and militarised cultures and spaces as reflected in the cases of three women who are subjected to sexual violence and/or rape during the 2011 revolutions in Egypt and Libya. The three women are Egyptian Samira Ibrahim, who goes through humiliating virginity tests by army forces while in detention, South African Lara Logan, a CBS correspondent …
Vulnerability, resistance and sexuality in revolutionary Egypt
Randomness and Political Complexity in the Contemporary Arab Novel
This essay examines the concept of randomness in three novels by contemporary Arab novelists, employing chaos theory and complexity theory. The three novels are Lebanese Rabie Gaber's dystopian novel Beirutus: Underground City ( Beirutus: Madīna Taḥt al-Arḍ, 2005), Egyptian Ezzedine Choukri Fishere's realistic novel Exit ( Bāb al-Khurūj, 2012), and Algerian Yasmina Khadra's detective novel What are Monkeys Waiting for? ( Qu'attendent les singes, …
Hidden feminism is feminism
This article develops the concept of hidden feminism to challenge two dominant assumptions that often shape feminist analyses of activism in the Arab world: first, that feminism must be publicly named to count as feminist politics; and second, that feminist agency is best measured through overt protest and visibility. These assumptions, while influential in visibility-centered scholarship, can obscure the strategically calibrated practices throug…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Feminism (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (2 works)