Women In Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis introduces the Islamic veil as an attempt by the Iranian government to control women. Islamic radicals promised safety and security for those who abided by their rules. Rebels who refused to wear the headscarf were threatened with beating, rape or death. These modern women who fought against religious oppression met the minimal requirements of the government rules to safely live in the hostile environment. Through being forced to wear the veil, the control of the Islamic government drives its people to a rebellion.

Abayas, shailas, burkas, and chadors: all are forms of veiling in the Middle East, and all are perceived as symbols of oppression and patriarchy by the West. The veil worn by a Middle Eastern woman is striking and beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. The hijab, the most common form of veiling, leaves only the face visible with the neck and hair completely covered. Onlookers are in awe at the mystery and symbolism associated with the many veils created out of fine, exotic silk. But such notions of oppression and patriarchy often associated with veiling are not only inherently biased and ironic – it would be interesting to explore the symbolism behind a mini-skirt or a pair of five-inch heels, no? – but they are also inaccurate. Although veiling has most definitely been used in the Middle East as a “mechanism in the service of patriarchy, a means of regulating and controlling women’s lives” (Hoodfar, 5), it has also been used as a mode for rebellion and self-expression. Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian woman who grew up during the Islamic revolution, resisted the regime and the universalizing nature of the veil in the hope that she could maintain her individual identity whilst communicating her political ideologies. By examining the way in which the veil is represented in Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis, while also considering the history of veiling in Iran, it will become evident that the veil is not just a political tool used by male chauvinists; it also presents an

Rebellion is the denunciation of both conventional and cultural goals, but aims to replace both foundations with new goals and means of obtaining these.

Rebellion can be necessary if there is a situation going on that contradicts with a person’s opinion. Using rebellion could also apply if a certain rule is making the environment dangerous. It can impact and change a certain area and make it a better place for durability.

A rebellion is an act of violence or open resistance to an established government or ruler, it is an uprising, a revolt a mutiny. In the past there has been countless rebellions for countless reasons. There were rebellions that were documented and some rebellions that were probably never heard of, there were rebellions that worked for the good and some that worked in everyone’s favor but the ones who rebelled. Nat Turner’s slave rebellion was one of the largest slave rebellions to take place in the United States and one of the most life changing.

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, a rebel is “a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler,” (New Oxford American Dictionary, “rebel”). However, a rebel does not have to rise up against an oppressing government or ruler in order to be considered one, and instead can stand up against “...a tradition, a myth, an injustice, or even… [an] idea,” (Ramos 277). In the book Take a Stand, renowned journalist Jorge Ramos emphasizes this point by providing vivid, realistic, and emotional imagery that contributes to the diction that allows the images to convey the meaning of what true rebellion is. To add, Ramos groups the elements of syntax and tone together, having them enable a mutualistic

Rebellion can be an act of violence or resistance of formal rule. It is recognized through written letters, such as Martin Luther King Junior’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, or books like “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. Rebellion is a necessary response when there are heinous acts being expound in a tyranny. People don’t conform to society when they refuse to go along with the status quo. Rebelling against their societies status quo means there may be social structural issues as well as political ones. Independence is a desired outcome when a form of rebellion occurs, which is why many people create a rebellious

Most people see a good girl who decided to dye her hair black and gets a nose ring while skipping curfew to be out partying with her friends. Or maybe a guy starts hitting mailboxes and yelling at his father a lot. What is easily missed is that rebellion can be completed without cheap hair dye or a baseball bat. Rebellion can be something as simple as going against what your family would describe as normal. Listening to rap music could be a step of rebellion.

Rebellion is the action of resisting authority, control or convection you can rebel in two ways either it can be violent or to prove a point there are many people in different countries that is being treated unfair, in these sources it shows how each country rebels a different way and has different outcomes. This is an informational text on how the characters in each source rebels against something and the effects it causes.

The author, Naheed Mustafa, starts out with two points of view others have of her, a “Muslim terrorist” or an oppressed woman (Mustafa 1). However, with these two points of view, Mustafa is suggesting that people only view her in these two ways because in their eyes a Muslim woman cannot be more. Then she introduces the hijab, a scarf which covers her neck, head, and throat, but explains that young Muslim women like her are “reinterpreting” the purpose of the hijab: give women absolute control over their bodies. According to Mustafa, the hijab does not only give women absolute control but freedom. Yet, others do not understand this concept or why a young woman who was born in a land that is free and full of opportunities like North America

A rebel is a person who resists or defies an authority, as kids there are plenty of authorities in your life. It’s a known fact that young kids don’t like authority because it doesn’t let them live their lives like they want. So what happens when a kid gets really angry at a principle or teacher, kids can retaliate by rebelling against their rules. This can be the simple start of a life of crime because the kids will meet others like they are which will lead them into gang life.

This item of clothing simply impacted Marjie’s everyday life and is an enormous symbol of how women were oppressed in Iran during the “cultural revolution”. Since becoming mandatory to wear the veil in school, Marji proclaims that her and her classmates, “didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since [they] didn’t understand why [they] had to”(3). Although the veil can be a beautiful way to convey one’s Muslim faith and identity, the requirement to wear the veil forces the political ideas of the Iranian theocracy against young women such as Marji and her female classmates, who did not truly understand the significance of the veil. The veil merely segregates women from the outside world and should be worn freely and individually. Marjie, being someone interested in western style clothing, takes off her veil and uses it in recreational and creative ways such as jumping rope and playing horse.

One type of rebellion is when a child or teenage goes against the rules set in order to find out what is wrong with going against the rules. To illustrate, a child walks into a candy store with his mother. He is in shock

Persepolis shows the main character, Marji, growing up in Iran after the Iranian Revolution and during the Shah’s regime and the Islamic republic. During this period, there was immense bloodshed and violence perpetuated by the government and the guards of the revolution. Marji described her young self as devoutly spiritual, but not specifically Muslim. She showed a similar religious progression that American children tend to go

In both pictures, in 1919 and in 2011, a unified demand of being liberated is portrayed and the rebellion of women is at its height. Firstly in 1919 with Zaghloul, the wife of a national leader Saad Zaghloul, was one of the most powerful women of her period. She was She led on that fateful day in May, a demonstration with more than 500 women and opened her house for the Wafd Party. Her husband had been exiled several times, during which she was considered the “Mother of the Egyptians”. After her husband 's return he became Prime Minister and she continued to play an active role in politics even after his death until the party split and she refused to take sides in disputes. Thriving for a more “equal” Egypt, Hoda Shaarawi the founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union, fought for a greater female presence in the public sphere. A presence that was highlighted by Nabaweya Moussa who was the first female headmaster. Politically however, egypt saw the rise of young activists like Mounira Thabet who spoke out against the government and declared in her magazine “Al-amal” the issue of women’s suffering and the governmental restrictions in the patriarchal society of 1922. A year in which Egypt achieved its unilateral declaration of independence under Saad Zaghloul. When it became authoritarian and drafted its new constitution however, it failed in women’s eyes as it for instance, excluded them from the right to vote, a point of ignition for the feminist movements in egypt.