A new publication Women and the New Media in the Mediterranean Region

[Fatima Sadiqi]

>From Fatima Sadiqi: sadiqi_fatima at yahoo.fr
 
Dear friends and colleagues,
 
I am pleased to inform you that the volume Women and the New Media in the Mediterranean Region has just been published by Imprimerie des Universités (Fez). The book contains 19 chapters (11 in English and 8 in French) and subdivides into five parts. The volume is edited by Fatima Sadiqi. Here is the table of contents:
 
Introduction : Fatima Sadiqi (International Institute For Languages and Cultures & Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco).
 
Part I: The Ambivalent Impact of the New Media on Mediterranean Women
 
Chapter 1: The Arab Woman’s Rights and her Images in the Media : Promotion of Gender Away from Sexism : Héla Kochbati (Women’s Studies and Gender Researcher, Tunisia), in French.
 
Chapter 2: Obstacles to and Victims in Development: the Treatment of Illiterate Women in Arab Media and Society: Melodee Baines and Natalie McGarry (Boren Fellow & Reed College, USA).
 
Chapter 3: Power and Production of Knowledge: The Case of Moroccan Feminisms : Osire Glacier (Bishop University, Sherbrooke, Canada), in French.
 
Chapter 4: Women and TICs in Algeria : Malika Akham (Saad Dahlab University, Algeria), in French.
 
Chapter 5: On Some Linguistic Minorities in North Africa : The Use of TICs in the Expansion of Mother Tongues in the South of Mauritania: Madina Borana Touré (University of Nouakchott, Mauritania) In French
 
Part II: Women, New Media, and Education 
 
Chapter 6 : From School to Work: Hostile Representations of Women in Computer Science: Isabelle Collet (University of Geneva, Switzerland), in French. 
 
Chapter 7: The Role of Video Games in Educational and Professional Choices : Christine Fontanini (Montpellier 3 University, France).
 
Chapter 8: Class 2.0 in Ukraine: Gender Analysis: Olena Goroshko (National University, Kkarkiv Polytechnic Institute, Kharkiv, Ukraine).
 
Third Part: Women, New media, and Activism
 
Chapter 9: Using New Media to Combat Violence Against Women: Moha Ennaji (International Institute For Languages and Cultures & Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco).
 
Chapter 10: Advocacy Strategies for Marginalized Women in Morocco: 
Christie Edwards (Vital Voices, Washington D.C., USA).
Chapter 11: Iranian Women Transforming Culture, Building Movements, through the Internet: Sussan Tahmasebi (Founder, One Million Signatures to Reform the Family Law, Iran).
Part IV: Women, Literary Production and Blogging
 
Chapitre 12: Body and Byte: New Media and Live Performance: Faiza Shereen (California State University, Pomona, USA). 
 
Chapter 13: Autofiction on Screen: Self-Representation of Egyptian Women in Literary Blogs: Teresa Pepe (University of Oslo, Norway)
 
Chapter 14: A Storm in a Teacup: How Could a TV Serial Unveil the Privacy of Ottoman Palaces? Protests, Discussions and Comments: 
Zehra Handan Salta and Zerrin Yanıkkaya (Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey).
Part V: Women, New Media, and the Arab Spring
 
Chapter 15: When the Walls are Pulled Down : Arab Women’s Blogs : Chemseddoha Boraki (Abdelmalek Saadi University, Tangiers, Morocco), in French.
 
Chapter 16: Egyptian Women and the New Media: Mozn Hassan (Nazra Association, Egypt).
 
Chapter 17: Powering on, powering up the Arab peoples: Internet Technologies and the Arab Spring, The cases of Egypt and Tunisia: 
Marlyn Tadros (Northeastern University, Boston, USA).
 
Chapter  18: The 20 February Movement and the Constitutional Reform in Morocco : A Sufficient Compromise ?” : Sara Borillo  (L’Orientale University, Naples, Italy), in French.
 
Chapter 19: From Keyboard to Megaphone: Facebook and Moroccan Youth Female Activists: Zahir Rahman (Wake Forest University, USA).
 
 
 
 
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