Women's Digital Activism in a Changing Middle East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annabelle Sreberny (0000-0003-2460-1161, Universidad de Londres, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 357-361 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743815000112 |
| OpenAlex | W2320881824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
An amusing and indicative sign of changing times, in December 2014 Saudi cleric Ahmad ʿAziz al-Ghamdi, a religious scholar and former head of the religious police in Mecca (officially known as the Committee for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice), ignited a fierce national debate regarding the niqab when he replied positively to a tweet by a Saudi woman asking if it was permissible in Islam for her to post a picture of her face on social media. His affirmative answer went viral and his Twitter feed received more than 10,000 comments, ranging from congratulations to death threats. He subsequently appeared on Badriya , the popular weekly TV talk show broadcast from Dubai, together with his wife, Jawahir bint Shaykh ʿAli, who appeared without a face veil and wearing make-up
Alma mater · Archaeology · Face (sociological concept · Islam · Media studies · Middle East · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Sign (mathematics · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Virtue · Wife · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medicine · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
Memes, Monsters, and the Digital Grotesque
Exploring the intersection of Islam and digital technology
The Voice of Silence
Poor Relations
Socio-Political Expressions on Twitter
Methodological Problems of Using Arabic-Language Twitter as a Gauge for Arab Attitudes Toward Politics and Society
Riding the Korean Wave in Iran
Women in Mosques”
Arab women’s activism in a transnational media landscape
Gendered representations in Lebanese advertisements
Moving towards smarter social contracts? Digital transformation as a driver of change in state–society relations in the Mena region
Solidarity Across Borders’
To veil or not to veil
Dignity in the Time of Precarity
The fetish economy of sex and gender activism
Sustaining motivation
Resisting erasure
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |