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Jurnal ICMES: The Journal of Middle East Studies
ISSN : 25805657     EISSN : 26217341     DOI : -
Jurnal ICMES is published by the independent research institute, Indonesia Center for Middle East Studies (ICMES). This journal seeks to publish balanced writings that enlightens the public and provides appropriate information about the Middle East in various aspects ranging from politics, economics, military, energy, culture, and history.
Arjuna Subject : Umum - Umum
Articles 102 Documents
Rekonstruksi Subjektivitas Perempuan Auliya Habibah
Jurnal ICMES Vol 10 No 1 (2026): Jurnal ICMES: The Journal of Middle East Studies
Publisher : Indonesia Center for Middle East Studies

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35748/jurnalicmes.v10i1.251

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Saudi Vision 2030 integrates women into the post-oil development agenda as an effort to address the crisis of the rentier economic structure. This study aims to analyze the reconstruction of women’s subjectivity in Saudi Vision 2030 amid the tension between Wahhabi orthodoxy and the post-oil development transformation agenda. Using Spivak’s postcolonial feminist perspective, this study argues that the integration of women into the economic participation under Saudi Vision 2030 does not merely reflect an emancipation project, but is part of the state’s strategy in responding to the rentier economic crisis. The representation of women as subjects of development tends to be instrumental and has the potential to distort women’s agency itself. This study employs a qualitative approach using a single-case study method and a literature review. The findings reveal that the state reconstructs women’s subjectivity through the production of development discourses, the top-down institutionalization of policies, and the restriction of women’s political spaces. This process involves the co-optation of Wahhabi religious authorities to maintain social legitimacy. This study is significant because it critiques the narrative of gender reform, which is often viewed as a form of “progressivism.” Gender transformation within Saudi Vision 2030 must be understood as an adaptation of social structures to post-oil economic demands, as well as a political instrument to strengthen state control over societal and political dynamics. Thus, this study emphasizes the importance of positioning women as autonomous political subjects to achieve holistic gender equality.
Dari Epos ke Resistensi Otong Sulaeman; Dani Nur Pajar; Ayu Lestari
Jurnal ICMES Vol 10 No 1 (2026): Jurnal ICMES: The Journal of Middle East Studies
Publisher : Indonesia Center for Middle East Studies

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35748/jurnalicmes.v10i1.259

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This article examines the relationship between Persian literary memory and the formation of the narrative of modern Iranian resistance amid global geopolitical pressures. So far, Iran's resilience has more often been explained through military factors, state ideology, and geopolitical strategy, while the cultural-civilizational dimension has received relatively little attention in contemporary Iranian studies. This study seeks to answer the question of how the Persian literary tradition, especially Ferdowsi's Shahnameh epic, contributes to the formation of the collective identity and psychological resilience of modern Iranian society. This study uses a historical-interpretive approach to understand the relationship between the classical Persian literary tradition and the formation of modern Iranian political identity. The results show that Shahnameh serves not only as a classic post-Islamic literary work, but also as a symbolic archive that reproduces the values of heroism, dignity, sacrifice, and resistance in the contemporary Iranian political imagination. The study also shows that the resilience of modern Iran was formed through the interaction between the memory of Persian civilization and Shia political theology. This article contributes to the development of the study of cultural geopolitics and civilizational resilience in contemporary Middle East studies.

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