"The mobile Phone means a window to the world", a young veiled female student in Rabat told me. Without leaving her private room she can chat with people from all over the world, or just with a male friend in her neighbourhood. As a Muslim girl she is supposed to stay at home during the evening and to have a boyfriend. Through the mobile Phone the boundaries between public and private spaces have become blurred. In this lecture I elaborate how students deal with the new possiblities and challenges provided by social media regarding the gender relations.
Period
29 Apr 2019
Event title
Mobile Phones and Gender Relations in Muslim Societies: two casestudies: Morocco and Yogyakarta