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Feminist podcasts in Egypt open new space for ideas

Although it is a difficult space to track, its gradual rise is allowing new voices to be heard in the country’s communicative space.
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CAIRO, Egypt - Feminist-leaning podcasts are slowly beginning to gain ground in Egypt, adding new voices to the country’s public dialogue and a counter-narrative to its rigid patriarchal norms.

While the nature of the digital sphere makes the space difficult to track, Kim Fox at the American University in Cairo has studied these topics for years.

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