Education for Women in Egypt - A BLOCK by Melanie Robin Hunt https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q GROUP NAMES HERE en-us 2020-08-25 02:24:22 UTC 2026-02-21 04:55:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Step 2. Article Info 1 huntm16 https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382824 Use your TEAPCALIM chart to fill out the following for a few articles in your section. You CAN work on this with a partner if you both read the same piece!

Equality a Struggle in Egypt (The Guardian)

Brief Summary: The article discusses the various ways in which women are held back from progressing in their careers and the social pressures surround women
Text type: Opinion Column
Author: Baher Ibrahim
Purpose: 
1. To promote a clear opposition towards the negative/absent perception of women’s rights
2. To inform of the normalization of female inferiority in Egypt and the prevailing gender inequality
Context: While there have been many progressions in women’s rights and treatment in society in the west, Arab countries, more specifically Egypt, have not seen such strides or activism for equality due to the conservative nature of their society
Audience: Individuals from the west interested in women’s rights

Write out 2-3 JUICY quotes from your chosen passage.
  • “Many automatically assume that any mention of women's liberation means a call for women to take off their clothes and 'walk around naked in the streets'”
  • “It was surprising to see that many women opposed the idea of a woman being a judge.”
  • “For the girls who intend to pursue a career, it is frustrating and offensive. ‘I've been hearing that same line for five years now. I've gotten used to it but it's annoying and provocative.’”


]]> 2020-08-25 02:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382824 2. Article Info 2 huntm16 https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382825 Brief Summary: The short documentary focuses on informing the public in the ways that Sharia Islam is used in specifically Indonesia. The journalist visits with different people of significance (preachers, police, punishers) to get their insight in what they believe is correct and true. Extreme claims like backing ISIS are shown as well as police degrading women and homosexuals. A section in the video goes in depth in how the people are punished for their sinful actions and whether they are justified or not. 

Text type: Video Documentary
Author: Shoorush Avali (VICE)
Purpose: To portray Sharia Law as malicious
Context: A surge in Sharia Police has prompted global interest in punishments and the ways the laws are enforced.
Audience: People all around the world with interest in Sharia law and how it works (With a focus on a western perspective)

Write out 2-3 JUICY quotes from your chosen passage.

(don't forget to link to your article!)
]]> 2020-08-25 02:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382825 2. Article Info 3 huntm16 https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382826 Use your TEAPCALIM chart to fill out the following for a few articles in your section. You CAN work on this with a partner if you both read the same piece! 
 
Brief Summary: The fox news interviews the author, Qanta A. Ahmed and she discusses her personal life, experience, and limitations as a woman in Saudi Arabia. She also discusses her ultimate motivations to why she came to publish her book, “In the Land of Invisible Women”.
Text type: Video
Author: Sean Hannity, Qanta A. Ahmed
Purpose: To inform the public about Saudi Arabia’s gender inequality. 
Context: In Saudi Arabia, gender inequality still exists as a major conflict in society, and due to this women have very limited roles. 
Audience: People all around the world, who are not informed about these global issues and occurrences. 
 
Write out 2-3 JUICY quotes from your chosen passage.
“As a physician I had all the powers and opportunities that I would’ve have at United States in Saudi Arabia, but as soon as I stepped out of my position, I had not freedom of movement or expression of religious freedom.”
 
“It turned me into an oppressor even if I tried”

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvLNnoD4LP0)

]]> 2020-08-25 02:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382826 STEP 4: MY CHOSEN PASSAGE huntm16 https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382828 Choose a passage from W@PZ, Lamar, Macbeth (or Persep HL) that BEST fits one of the GLOBAL ISSUES in the article you analyzed. (DELETE WHAT'S BELOW AND WRITE YOUR OWN)

Text Type, Author, Context, and Brief Summary of Passage. 
Write out 2-3 quotes from your chosen passage:

"It is the responsibility of the poet to stand on street corners giving out poems and beautifully written leaflets 
also leaflets you can hardly bear to look at
because of the screaming rhetoric"

"It is the poet's responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless"

"It is the responsibility of the poet to be a woman to keep an eye on
this world and cry out like Cassandra, but be
listened to this time."

]]> 2020-08-25 02:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382828 Step 3. Global Issues huntm16 https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382829 Our group's brainstormed list of Global Issues that appear in our articles. (DELETE WHAT'S BELOW AND WRITE YOUR OWN)

1. Discrimination of women in the workplace

2. Institutionalisation

3. Inequality

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1. Both are female authors, activists, educated, one American, one Egyptian

2. Both authors are fighting for liberation from oppression

3. Both authors write/say controversial statements in order to inflame the reader]]> 2020-08-25 02:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382830 Step 1. IMPORTANT FACTS about TOPIC huntm16 https://padlet.com/huntm16/r90lobn43nvvk88q/wish/696382831 LIST THE FACTS YOU LEARNED about this topic after discussing the non-fiction articles/videos in your groups.

  • Thousands of Egyptian girls who are currently pursuing higher education will eventually settle down at home and choose not to pursue a career
  • In some faculties, such as Alexandria University's faculty of medicine, more than half of the students are girls
  • The western woman is viewed by Egyptians, many of whom have never had actual contact with the west, as an immoral, decadent woman with no honour who is valued for her body rather than her intellect and ability
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