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women sexually. Another text that will provide my research with credible dialogue from
Egyptian women scholars is, "Women Scholars in Egypt Reflect on the Intersection of
Islam and Feminism," by Kimberly Adams. The new suffragettes: Courage in Cairo the Arab womens awakening, by Catrina Stewart will provide me with interviews that
have already been conducted with Egyptian women protestors where they speak on
wanting to gain basic human rights.
Part 3: Argument and Significance: State the point of your project. What issues will
you be examining? What specific question will be answered, problem solved, or
hypothesis tested through your research? Is there a controversial idea you propose
to address or missing information you propose to provide? What might this
projects results add to our understanding of a particular problem or area of study?
Explain why your audience should care about your work.
The point of my research would be to provide a resource for organizations or people
looking to help women in Egypt by looking at culture and recent history. Many people
often associate Islam with oppression, but do not understand that it is not religion, but it
is culture that plays a huge role. Most of the conflicts between Islam and modern
women's rights is attributed to culture, rather than the actual religion, states Omaima
Abu-Bakr. Due to this misunderstanding, many people go in often wanting to solve the
wrong issues. My research will discuss the history of the misogynistic culture and how its
recent history dealt with sexual oppression. It will bring attention to how significant the
recent uprising of women has been and what it means for the future of the conservative
culture.
Part 4: Project Design/Methods/Results: State the research methods you will use,
and explain how these will address your questions. What will you do? Where will
the work be done? What will your results look like (quantitative, qualitative,
creative)? What methods will you use to analyze, interpret, and assess results?
How will you communicate your results to others?
In cases that involve close work with a professor, it is important that you indicate
the ways in which you will make an independent or creative contribution. While
professorial oversight and support are essential in most cases, the summer
fellowships are not awarded to students who will merely be faculty research
assistants.
I will conduct my research by using secondary sources such as interviews that have
already been conducted with Egyptian activist/feminists, research papers that document
Egypts sex culture, and articles that discuss womens protests throughout the Arab
Awakening. I also hope to speak to two professors at the University of Richmond, Dr.
Sweis and Dr. Carapico, who have direct experience with those in Egypt. Dr. Carapico
was in Egypt during the Arab Awakening and will be able to provide me with insight of
on-the-ground observations of Egyptian women protesting womens issues. I hope to
work closely with Dr. Sweis while conducting my research as she has is not only Arab
herself, but has spent two years working with Egyptian women in Egypt. Dr. Sweis will