Aren't you just tired of hearing the same old stereotypes? I felt this to be a breath of fresh air that has graced the media. This video is reporting on the small Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, where there has been a conflict with the 'extremist' ultra-orthodox Jews that have been accused of harassing women.
This specific case tells the story of an eight-year old girl, Naama Margolese, whom some men spat at and called a whore for 'not dressing modestly enough' on her way to school
Miriam Cooke argues that feminism is an ‘attitude, a frame of mind that highlights the role of gender in understanding the organisation of a society’. Indeed, feminism is a transnational movement that engages with the issues of human rights, women’s liberation and gender equality.
Miriam Cooke argues that feminism is an ‘attitude, a frame of mind that highlights the role of gender in understanding the organisation of a society’. Indeed, feminism is a transnational movement that engages with the issues of human rights, women’s liberation and gender equality.
And this is what exactly the "Naama-Case" has done! It has provoked the need for feminism in even the most "Western" nations in the world. This case is of the girl that has galvanised Israeli society and have encouraged discourse about gender equality, as well as revealing a deep uprooted social split in the country.
Beit Shemesh in particular is a populated town of around 80,000 that now caters for a larger increase of immigrants, especially of American expatriates. The "Naama-Case" has also shown is the rising tensions between these two social groups.
But most importantly Naama is the girl that "woke up Israel" and since then there has been more recorded protests about the segregation of women in Israel.
But most importantly Naama is the girl that "woke up Israel" and since then there has been more recorded protests about the segregation of women in Israel.
Below is an inspirational, female-only flash mob that took place in Beit Shemesh performing "Dont-Stop Me Now" by Queen. The choice of song seemed absolutely perfect to describe the women of the city from all different ages, sectors and religious backgrounds (traditional or secular) to gather together in the form of dance to speak out and fight for change.
A group of women dancing in the West wouldn't be special. A group of women dancing in the conservative Beit Shemesh is. If they had done this in Sanaa or Riyadh or even Tehran, it would be even more special. Women all over the world are anxious to see some progress for the Eastern women to escape the shackles of the stigma as being the lesser or defective to men.
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