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Civil Society and Women Activists in the Middle East
Islamic and Secular Organizations in Egypt
Context and Perspective
In the Middle East, and in Egypt in particular, there has always been a tendency to accord complete supremacy to the authority and might of the state, and to see society as a separate, powerless entity. However, after the uprising of 2011, this assumption was turned on its head.
Political Activity and Potential for Change
And it is the wide range of political activity beyond the remit of the official state where Wanda Krause locates a dynamic potential for political change from the bottom up. She looks in particular at the influential role of women’s private voluntary organisations in Egypt in shaping concepts of civil society and democracy.
Analysis of Women’s Organisations
Exploring both secular and Islamist organisations, she offers a steadfast critique of the view that Islamic women activists are insignificant, backward or uncivil. Krause’s examination of women activists in Egypt today is vital for those interested in Middle East and Gender Studies, as well as those researching the wider issues of civil society and democratisation.
