“…For example, social media were heavily used during the 2011 Arab uprisings (Alqabra, 2012; Castells, 2007; Gunter and Elareshi, 2016; Jones, 2013). Others see them as a turning point in campaigns such as women’s rights and in women attaining social and civic positions in Egypt (Abdel-Fadil, 2014), Morocco (El Haitami, 2014), Saudi Arabia (Al-Harbi, 2010; Khamis, 2014), Libya (Ziani et al, 2017), and Bahrain (Khamis and Alwadi, 2015). The emphasis in these studies is on how Arab women have utilized such platforms to seek their rights and to seek equality in their region, as well as for leisure and entertainment.…”