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 2 - Veiling as a Metaphor for the Larger Feminist Debate
The Arab Feminist
31 minutes
5 years ago
Ep 2 - Veiling as a Metaphor for the Larger Feminist Debate
In this episode, we will be exploring the phenomenon of veiling as a metaphor for the feminist debate we began in the last episode. Although the veil or the niqab isn’t as common today, the wearing of the hijab is quite similar in principle and therefore we will be considering them interchangeably for the sake of placing this discussion in a modern context. Drawing from historical texts written by Zachs and Halevi, Saba Mahmood and Leila Ahmed, this episode will explore the way in which veiling is interpreted by the Western, secularist and Islamist feminist movements as well as the reasons for which Arab women choose to veil or not veil today. By the end of our discussion, we hope to have consolidated the need for a more located perspective of feminism that accounts for the Islamic culture and traditions.
I am honoured to share this space with Mais Shalabi, a biomedical engineer working in the medical devices industry in Dubai.
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!
