Open AccessMiddle Eastern Women's ‘Glocal’: Journeying between the Online and Public Spheres
Author(s) -
Hosni Dina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cyberorient
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1804-3194
DOI - 10.1002/j.cyo2.20171101.0001
Subject(s) - public sphere , glocalization , politics , public space , sociology , salon , media studies , political science , hybridity , invisibility , gender studies , globalization , law , architectural engineering , anthropology , engineering , physics , optics
Despite the fact that the Arab Spring did not necessarily materialize with the political effects anticipated by some of its activists, it has brought into the spotlight the significance of the role of women in direct connection to the online space. In this respect, the article addresses the online world as Middle Eastern women subcultural capital in their traversal to the public sphere, which is otherwise rigorously enforced particularly on women. The hybridity of the private and the public exemplified in the online world in effect plays a pivotal role in rendering the visibility of Middle Eastern women in the political public sphere possible, where new media provides an effective vehicle for those women to establish social and political networks and organizations. Though the goals for those women activists might vary based on the nature of their countries, they have shown to have aptly journeyed between the online and public spheres in order to voice their glocal experiences.