Aisha, From Being Invisible to Becoming a Promoter of Social Change. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Serradell, Olga
• Other Names: Soler Marta guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 21:Number 10(2015)
• Page Start: 906
• Page End: 912
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: communicative methodology -- biography -- transformation -- leadership -- solidarity; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800415614030
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

Aisha is a Moroccan woman who lives with her three children in a city in northern Spain. In July 2014, her husband was sentenced to prison for drug trafficking. This situation led her to return to Morocco with her family, but her high level of involvement in the school where her children had received an excellent academic and humanistic education was a key factor in her decision to come back to Spain. Mustafa, Ali, and Mohamed, aged 3, 6, and 8, are schooled in a Learning Community where Aisha participates as a volunteer. Specifically, she participates in a Dialogic Literary Gathering that is mobilizing a large number of other Moroccan women, as they are engaged in crucial debates regarding the social conditions and opportunities in the neighborhood. This biography analyzes how her involvement in Dialogic Gatherings with other Moroccan women and the sharing of thoughts has helped Aisha to transform her own personal situation as well as the social context in her neighborhood and the lives of "other women."