... as it is understood and experienced by individuals. El Bernoussi s work unpacks the signi cance and meanings of dignity, or karama, in the context of the 2011 uprising in Egypt. Her research addresses the subjective nature of karama and explores the diverse ways that it was instrumentalized by protestors to oust...

... of recommendations is at the Karama website ( www.el-karama.org/content/libyan-womens-platform-for-peace-releases-a-crisis-response-strategy-to-achieve-stabilization-in-libya-at-the-59th-session-of-csw ). In December 2011 the National Transitional Council drafted a controversial election law that was criticized...

... organization of Al-Karama ( en.alkarama.org ), we participated in the conference Syrian Women Making Peace in Cairo. The first of its kind, this conference included more than forty women from across the spectrum of Syrian society. The goal of the Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace is to ensure that Syrian...

... in the workplace and recognition within the home were seen as mutually reinforcing: “A man must be a man, both at work and at home,” ran a headline in the al-Karama (2006) newspaper, quoting the words of a striking worker at the Egypt Spinning and Weaving Company complex in Mahalla...

... syndicates as well as sociopolitical movements, demon- strated dissatisfaction with the status quo. Various political parties and groups such as Kefaya (Enough), the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Ghad’s party, Nasserist Karama, and the liberal Wafd Party were among many behind these movements...

... noted, were marked by displays of optimism, volunteerism, creativity, and personal expres- sion in music and the arts, even architectural interventions in the small city Tahrir Square had become. A third demanded karama (dignity) and the end of police abuse, through humiliation, bodily harm...