Photo Gallery Arab Emancipation
The Arab Spring seemed to herald a new era of emancipation for women in the Arab world. But Islamists are on the rise in Tunisia and Egypt, and there are worrying reports of sexual assault in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Many women in the region fear a rollback of their rights. Here, a demonstration in Yemen in April 2011, where protesters demanded the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy posted naked photographs of herself online to protest against the oppression of women. The response was an uproar from religious conservatives.
The moderate Islamist party Ennahda won the Tunisian election in October. Here, the party's founder, Rachid Ghannouchi, poses with his daughter Intissar. Ghannouchi's four daughters confound stereotypes of Muslim women and have become role models for some in Tunisia.
