Representation is key for democracy, and it is more so when it incorporates true plurality. This entails that all groups of society get equal representation in decision making, particularly women and youth. According to IPU, of the 45,000 parliamentarians around the world, only 1.9% is under the...
For some men in the rural Midwest, their livelihoods are at risk. The jobs filled by
their fathers have long disappeared and the realities they live fall short of the legacies
left behind by their grandfathers. Urban flight has left dwindling rural populations
to handle the massive economic...
This thesis focuses on the depiction of women in Egyptian films during the Nasser era. Filmmakers of the 1950s and 60s used melodramatic realism, a style that incorporated drama and social problems in their films in order to portray Egyptian life during a time of change. Films of this era...
In the Arab World, women are portrayed as being trapped by religion and society on the one hand, or as being tools of legitimation for authoritarian states on the other hand. Such an understanding is even more prevalent of Saudi Arabia, where a lack of democracy and a perceived abundance of...