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Satellitization of Arab Media: Perceptions of Changes in Gender Relations

10 May 2016

Satellitization of Arab Media: Perceptions of Changes in Gender Relations
Anne Sofie Roald Article This article explores how students living in East Amman in Jordan perceive a link between global television entertainment and social changes, particularly changes in gender relations. The study relies on a questionnaire distributed among university students in Amman in 2009 and 2010 with 946 Muslim respondents, and focus group discussions and individual interviews with 44 Muslim students living in East Amman in 2013. The theoretical…

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Arab Women’s Changing Identities, Activisms and Resistances in a Changing Region

10 May 2014

Arab Women’s Changing Identities, Activisms and Resistances in a Changing Region
Sahar Khamis Editorial The wave of uprisings which swept the Arab world in 2011 did not just instigate a "political awakening" that has shaken the power structures in a number of Arab countries and resulted in dictators fleeing their countries, resigning from office, or facing brutal death. Rather, it also instigated a "social awakening" that has shaken Arab societies' commonly held assumptions about gender roles and women's ability…

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“My Life is More Important Than Family Honor:” Offline Protests, Counter-Cyberactivism, and Article 308

10 May 2014

“My Life is More Important Than Family Honor:” Offline Protests, Counter-Cyberactivism, and Article 308
Sarah A. Tobin Article In summer 2012, protests erupted in Jordan in light of several high-profile enactments of Article 308 of the Penal Code, or “Rape Law,” that allows rape charges to be dropped if the perpetrator agrees to marry the victim, which were organized offline and aimed to create a groundswell of public support for changing gender inequities in society rather than political and legal structures. Users of…

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Muslim Swim Wear Fashion at Amman Waves on the Internet and Live

10 May 2008

Muslim Swim Wear Fashion at Amman Waves on the Internet and Live
Jenny Berglund Article When viewed on the internet, the waterslides and pools at Amman Waves look deserted, but when paying a visit they are filled with children, women and men in various kinds of swim wear. At Amman Waves women’s swim wear fashion ranges from small bikinis to swim-suits that cover every part of a woman’s body except the face, hands and feet. In this article these differences…

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