In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, some advocated a turn toward “tradition,”
thereby raising fears that women would be pushed out of the public arena despite
their active participation and would even lose those gains made under
previous governments. The debates around gender parity vs. complementarity
that were stirred up were not new, but they did manage to acquire new cogency
in the context of the emotionally charged deconstruction of the old political
system and the subsequent transition to new governments.
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences