ABSTRACT
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Egypt was considered the mother of the Arab women’s movement, with the most prominent ideologues and grassroots efforts on improving the status of women. But over a hundred years later, while Egyptian women enjoy more rights than many other women in the region, their nation is no longer at the forefront of this movement because of growing Islamization, poverty, and the co-opting of women’s organizations by the government.
