Author wants to contribute to new ways of thinking about the 'Arab Spring', that are not based on problematic Orientalist narratives and assumptions that underlie some of the arguments about these topics. Author starts this thesis by historicizing and deconstructing the related concepts of secularism and democracy, to show how the narrative on these issues operates on a very specific preconception of Muslim women. In this thesis author will consider how secularism influences the construction and use of Muslim women and agency (or lack of agency) that is produced in the discourse on the ‘Arab Spring’ and then discusses whether this can be re-thought in a more productive and positive way through use of post-secular theory.