The Algerian filmaker Merzak Allouache has made a series of films taht describe the formations of masculinity in Algeria of he post-Independence period. The present paper focuses on three feature films made between the dates of 1976 and 2002, tracing the director's initial framing of mythical discourses of masculinity to an increasingly oppositional and alternative...

This paper examines gender politics of the Tunisian revolution and the transitional period from 14 January 2011 to the elections on 23 October 2011 within the theoretical framework of revolutionary ‘restoration’. The broader arc of the revolution saw a radical change in Tunisia's gender politics from ‘state-feminist’ ideology of the pre-revolution period to decentr...