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On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence in Egypt

On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual... Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/article-pdf/18/2/301/1621731/301abuzaid.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 12 August 2022 THIRD S PACE On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence in Egypt REEM AW NY ABUZ AID and YO SRA S U L TA N n June 2020 a new wave of feminist activism emerged in the Egyptian public I sphere. Building on almost two decades of mobilization and organization against sexual harassment and assault, the new organizers are upper-middle- and upper- class Egyptians in their early twenties who politicize social networks to push the problem of sexual violence and women’s bodily integrity back into public discourse (Fayed 2021). Inspired by the global #MeToo movement, they built on its feminist discourse against sexual violence and its model of organization, relying heavily on social media as a tool for action to revitalize feminist activism in authoritarian Egypt (Khorshid 2021). Nadeen Ashraf, a student at the American University in Cairo, started it all when she founded the Instagram account @assaultpolice. Her intention was to provide a space for people to share anonymous testimonies about Ahmed Bassam Zaky, an elite college student who had left a trail of victims of sexual harassment and rape http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence in Egypt

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Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/article-pdf/18/2/301/1621731/301abuzaid.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 12 August 2022 THIRD S PACE On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence in Egypt REEM AW NY ABUZ AID and YO SRA S U L TA N n June 2020 a new wave of feminist activism emerged in the Egyptian public I sphere. Building on almost two decades of mobilization and organization against sexual harassment and assault, the new organizers are upper-middle- and upper- class Egyptians in their early twenties who politicize social networks to push the problem of sexual violence and women’s bodily integrity back into public discourse (Fayed 2021). Inspired by the global #MeToo movement, they built on its feminist discourse against sexual violence and its model of organization, relying heavily on social media as a tool for action to revitalize feminist activism in authoritarian Egypt (Khorshid 2021). Nadeen Ashraf, a student at the American University in Cairo, started it all when she founded the Instagram account @assaultpolice. Her intention was to provide a space for people to share anonymous testimonies about Ahmed Bassam Zaky, an elite college student who had left a trail of victims of sexual harassment and rape

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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies – Duke University Press

Published: Jul 1, 2022

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    Aboshady, Aya
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    Abuzaid, Reem
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    El-Mahdawy, Hadeer
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    Ezzat, Ahmed
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    Fahmy, Nourhan
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    Fayed, Ismail
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    Hunt, Theresa Stephan, Rita Charrad, Mounira M.
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    Khorshid, Sara
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    Miller, Elissa
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    Naber, Nadine El-Hameed, Dalia Abd
  • Disinformation Campaign Targets Rape Victim and Witnesses in Egypt
    Shea, Joey
  • Under the State’s Gaze: Repression against Women’s Rights Organizations in Egypt
  • ‘No Means No’: The Sexual Harassment Case Altering the Perspective of Egyptian Media
    Aboshady, Aya
  • ‘Foreign Funding’ Case No. 173/2011: The Implications of State Encroachment on the Feminist Community in Egypt
    Abuzaid, Reem
  • The Arrest of a New Suspect in the ‘Fairmont Case.’
  • Place and Tactical Innovation in Social Movements: The Emergence of Egypt’s Anti-harassment Groups
    Boutrous, Magda
  • The ‘Fairmont’ Case: Sexual Violence and Class Immunity
    El-Ammar, Maya
  • How Was the Accused of Sexual Assault Ahmed Bassam Zaki Taken to Court?
    El-Mahdawy, Hadeer
  • Where Do Survivors of Sexual Violence Turn? The Case of Ahmed Bassam Zaki
    El-Mahdawy, Hadeer
  • Social Media and Online Surveillance: Egypt and Abroad
    Ezzat, Ahmed
  • How the Egyptian State Codifies Media Censorship
    Fahmy, Nourhan
  • A Feminist Moment of Reckoning
    Fayed, Ismail
  • Mapping the Egyptian Women’s Anti–Sexual Harassment Campaigns
    Hunt, Theresa Stephan, Rita Charrad, Mounira M.
  • The Unlikely Success of Egypt’s 2011 Revolution: A Revived Women’s Movement
    Khorshid, Sara
  • Smear Campaigns, Arrests in Blowback over Fairmont Rape Case
  • Egypt Leads the Pack in Internet Censorship across the Middle East
    Miller, Elissa
  • Attacks on Feminists in Egypt: The Militarization of Public Sphere and Accountable Solidarity
    Naber, Nadine El-Hameed, Dalia Abd
  • Disinformation Campaign Targets Rape Victim and Witnesses in Egypt
    Shea, Joey
  • Under the State’s Gaze: Repression against Women’s Rights Organizations in Egypt