Women and limited oceans

In Tunisia , the role of women have been mostly subjected to the management of the administrative roles, although what is said about the freedom of the  Tunisian women, women’s freedom keep incomplete and related to man’s authority and approval  . It s been said that women in Tunisia  succeeded to  invade most of life’s fields but for me , I found them  still  so away from being completely independent and determined .  Time goes by, woman‘s rights get threatened and get shrunk with the menace of the religious party which is looking for implying the Shariaa.  By now, what becomes more serious is that the women’s situation is taking a dangerous tendency towards the indifference and the negligence of their mere rights.

Historically speaking, it has been known that Bourgiba, who granted a wide range of rights to women, has been criticized overall the Arabic world, and this later led to a big discuss and serious conflicts concerning this topic. By creating the Civil Code Statute in 1956, which is a number of Tunisian laws, and which was aiming at the institution of equality between women and men. Bourgiba offered the women a unique place in the Tunisian society, notably abolishing polygamy, creating a judicial procedure for divorce and requiring marriage to be performed only in the event of the mutual consent of both parties.

 Later on, Ben Ali reinforced this place and her legal protection among a society which is still considered deeply patriarchal and women’s rights are still implicitly discussed in the light of a social, economic and civil   progress.

Ben Ali did not make this as a belief from him   about the importance of women’s progress, but it was as an attempt to convince   the world about his progress in managing his state and its development. He always wanted to be the pioneer in women’s rights.  Thought it was forced to push women to uncover and be stylish, Ben Ali‘s strategy was aiming to make the Tunisian woman another copy of the European model. When the revolution happened, liberties have been granted and allowed for everyone, However, then it gets clear  that Ben Ali was only fulfilling the outside without paying attention to the content, because a wide range of women did not only  get back to Hijab  but also they have adopted  Niqab as a way to identify themselves .

Honestly  I am against “ hijab”  but not against the liberties  of  women  to  chose it, I  have always felt that it is unnecessary and cannot fulfill  Islam’s  soul  nor what it comes for .

Does Islam come to push women to cover themselves, if so why God would create them?  Isn’t women a beautiful creature, doesn’t god say in his Holly Quran, “, you should be grateful and show the blessings that God has gifted you”. So isn’t the women’s body interesting? I doubt that women discuss this issue and even question themselves about their true essence of their being; most of them think that it is religious, but is it really religion what defines the women   and determine their purposes in life? Many questions have invaded my mind since   the collapse of women’s freedom and rights have started   in Tunisia?

It   shocked me the number of women who got covered and who got drawn to the slafist ideology. In fact, what Bourguiba tried to plant in the Tunisian society has failed with the first experience of a choice made by the Tunisian woman whether to be an independent free will, or just a shadow of   the salafist Islamite ideology of some Tunisian men. 

I am not sure what the future of Tunisian women will be, I am not sure, even if they are going to fight if their rights get violated. But I still believe in the nature of some true Berber women who are naturally rebel and already wildly   cooked with fiery passion of their love to this country. 

Let s Hope so …