• Md Arshad Alam

Women’s movement in Egypt can be seen as a result of the awakening process and modernization of the society. The early reformers were mainly male members of the society who felt the nation can’t be developed unless the women are educated enough. So, the main stress was on the education. As the time passed, women themselves took the command of the movement in their hand and the call for overall personality development, political rights, social empowerments and changes in the personal laws became their main demand. The feminists involved themselves in the process of their struggle into the philanthropic works as well. They raised the issue of women’s health and hygiene. Many waves of feminism can be noticed in Egypt, as in the first wave education of women is stressed upon and then removing of veil, then political rights and then reform in the personal laws. The feminist movement in Egypt was not of single classification but broadly there were three main classifications. Here in this paper I have tried to explain how the Islamic feministic phenomenon is gaining ground especially in the post 2011 scenario. My paper tries to resolve whether this new phenomenon augments well for the society or whether the fear among the secular feminist that the rise of this brand of feminism will negate what has been achieved so far.

Modernization, Feminism, Islamism, Patriarchy, Neo-Patriarchy, Emancipation, Sexism,

"Exploring Feminism: A case study of Egypt", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.311-319, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811848.pdf

"Exploring Feminism: A case study of Egypt", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp311-319, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811848.pdf