A Bottom up Approach to Social Movements: The Murabitat Women's Movement

• In Event: JSS 14
  In JSS Session: Representation in Post-Conflict Societies

Brief Overview

In this paper, I will try to answer two main questions: How did a women's movement manage to mobilize in al-Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount despite prevalent gender norms? And why is their agency neglected and/or trivialized by academia and media?

Author

• Sumeyra Yildiz-Yucel, University of Delaware