What's Love Got to Do with It? Women, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Organisational Identity

The article suggests that the gender politics advanced by the young female members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the family sphere after the 2013 military-led coup challenges the movement's ability to re-emerge from repression based on traditional patriarchal values and principles. A patriarchal division of labour, epitomized in women's position in the family, sustains the Brotherhood in times of repression and in its absence. The research shows that the circumstances of repression against the movement have caused women to reconsider the Brotherhood's patriarchal structures, with potential consequences for the organisation. The article does so by analysing women's articulations of their role in the family and in marriage relationships. Using love as an analytical lens, the article argues that women's demand for love in marriage suggest their desire to commit the Brotherhood to attending women's needs, desires and aspirations.

本文指出，2013年军事政变后，埃及穆斯林兄弟会（Muslim Brotherhood）的青年女性成员在家庭领域提出的性别政治主张，挑战了该运动依托传统父权价值观与原则从镇压中复兴的能力。以女性在家庭中的地位为缩影的父权制劳动分工，在镇压时期及镇压结束后，均维系着兄弟会的存续。研究表明，针对该运动的镇压环境促使女性重新审视兄弟会的父权制结构，这将对该组织产生潜在影响。本文通过分析女性对自身在家庭与婚姻关系中角色的阐述展开论证，并以爱情作为分析视角，提出女性对婚姻中爱情的诉求，暗含着她们希望兄弟会能够重视女性的需求、愿望与抱负。