Don’t Call Me “awrah”, for I am the “thawrah”
Why Sudan’s December 2018 Revolution was Named Women’s Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22131197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amira Ahmed (0000-0003-4074-4808, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 242-255 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Dissent (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-4139 • E-ISSN: 2398-4139 |
| Publisher | University of Warwick (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.31273/fd.n5.2020.766 |
| OpenAlex | W3127751343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Ahead of men, on the front lines, Sudanese women sparked an astounding revolutionary movement and until this moment they continue to play key political roles throughout its various stages as millions of people broke their silence and stormed out in the streets across the country demanding freedom, peace and justice. Sudan's December 2018 Revolution was indeed an amazing success and led to the toppling of a 30-year fundamentalist Islamic-military regime. Through their narratives of resistance and dissent, women take pride in such a historical transformation and in their ability to challenge the state and male-defined revolutions. Therefore, despite a predominance of patriarchy and the existence of asymmetrical power dynamics of gender systems in Sudanese society, women's contributions were widely acknowledged and praised, and the revolution itself was defined largely as a 'women's act'. This is the third revolution in the history of Sudan since its independence in 1956. However, as 'revolution is a force of history' 3 , many have traced the leading positions of women in the revolution to a very long history of women's organizing, manifested in forming movements and bodies as early as the beginning of last century 4 . That said, in the middle of the postrevolution transformation process, women are now assessing and considering their venues and positions with a renewed struggle to fight
Call control · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |