Welcome to The Arab Feminist podcast where we host an open discourse on the multiple perspectives of feminism in the Arab World. I am your host, Srishti Ghosh, a freshman at Princeton University and I was inspired by a course I am studying on Global Feminisms in the Middle East to discover a little bit more about how the Islamic culture informs the conceptualization of feminism in Arab societies today. Does the framework of the Western liberal feminism effectively serve its purpose in Arab societies? Or would an indigenous expression of feminism serve the Islamic community better? And what does it really mean to be an Arab Feminist in our world? Join me in my journey of discovery to find out!
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Welcome to The Arab Feminist podcast where we host an open discourse on the multiple perspectives of feminism in the Arab World. I am your host, Srishti Ghosh, a freshman at Princeton University and I was inspired by a course I am studying on Global Feminisms in the Middle East to discover a little bit more about how the Islamic culture informs the conceptualization of feminism in Arab societies today. Does the framework of the Western liberal feminism effectively serve its purpose in Arab societies? Or would an indigenous expression of feminism serve the Islamic community better? And what does it really mean to be an Arab Feminist in our world? Join me in my journey of discovery to find out!
Ep 3 - An Arab Woman’s Choice, Feminism and the Universal Movement
The Arab Feminist
22 minutes
5 years ago
Ep 3 - An Arab Woman’s Choice, Feminism and the Universal Movement
In the first episode of the podcast, we discussed how the two opposing nodes of feminism in Arab societies often present a difficult choice for Arab women. They are forced to reconcile the kind of feminist they are with the kind of feminist are they expected to be and this can often alienate them from the feminist movement altogether. In episode 2, we learned how a solution to this may simply be to leave out the judgement on women’s decisions and give them the freedom to choose. So in this concluding episode, inspired by the works of Saba Mahmood, Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Sheryl Sanberg, we attempt to unite those conclusions to answer the questions we set out with. What should an Arab feminism represent? Can it unite the universal movement and the local culture? Is there one “global” feminism? And what do the perspectives of the women on the ground teach us about what they need in terms of a feminist movement?
I am honoured to share this space with Mona Ghoneim, a direct sales consultant working for a global insurance company based in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Arab Feminist
Welcome to The Arab Feminist podcast where we host an open discourse on the multiple perspectives of feminism in the Arab World. I am your host, Srishti Ghosh, a freshman at Princeton University and I was inspired by a course I am studying on Global Feminisms in the Middle East to discover a little bit more about how the Islamic culture informs the conceptualization of feminism in Arab societies today. Does the framework of the Western liberal feminism effectively serve its purpose in Arab societies? Or would an indigenous expression of feminism serve the Islamic community better? And what does it really mean to be an Arab Feminist in our world? Join me in my journey of discovery to find out!
