Women in the Middle East

After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution? Mona Eltahawy’s ‘Arab men hate women’ article sparks demands for a sea change in engagement between the sexes

April 28, 2012
After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution?  Mona Eltahawy’s ‘Arab men hate women’ article sparks demands for a sea change in engagement between the sexes

Egyptian women protest against the army’s use of violence against them in Cairo in 2011 after images of women who had been brutally beaten were circulated. Photograph: Mohamed Omar/EPA After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution? Mona Eltahawy‘s ‘Arab men hate women’ article sparks demands for a sea change in engagement between the sexes Martin Chulov in Beirut, [...]

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It will be wonderful… when women can walk freely Can music and art bring together the many different political and religious factions occupying Tahrir Square?

April 25, 2012
It will be wonderful… when women can walk freely   Can music and art bring together the many different political and religious factions occupying Tahrir Square?

Since the revolution, Egyptian women have much stronger and more collective responses to sexual harrassment carried out against them by men in the streets and male authority figures [GALLO/GETTY] Cairo, Egypt - This story was supposed to be about how wonderful it can be when artists, activists and intellectuals from across the Arab world and the [...]

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How we can connect with feminism’s global future In the west, feminism has stalled. But elsewhere, women have found in it a new model of Enlightenment rights and freedoms

March 15, 2012
How we can connect with feminism’s global future  In the west, feminism has stalled. But elsewhere, women have found in it a new model of Enlightenment rights and freedoms

Women join a protest against Yemen’s then President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz, April 2011, enraged by his remarks that it was against Islam for women to demonstrate. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah Ali al-Mahdi/Reuters Naomi Wolf guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 March 2012 19.21 GMT Article history The “so what?” feminism plateau is familiar to us in the west: 40 years [...]

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Calm down, dears? Why it’s a bad time to be a British woman International Women’s Day marks the first era in living memory that the equality drive has gone into reverse

March 8, 2012
Calm down, dears? Why it’s a bad time to be a British woman  International Women’s Day marks the first era in living memory that the equality drive has gone into reverse

Slutwalk protests spread around the world last year in response to comments from a Canadian police chief. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Europe Perhaps as a somewhat humorous moment a woman was asked on a radio show if she knew what today was. She was told it was an international day related to gender. We [...]

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Afghan girl tortured after refusing prostitution

December 31, 2011
Afghan girl tortured after refusing prostitution

An Afghan girl who was tortured for months after refusing prostitution lies on a hospital bed in Kabul Dec. 31. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani) By Hamid Shalizi   KABUL (Reuters) — A 15-year-old Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband’s family for months after she refused to become a prostitute, officials [...]

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Former Israeli president goes to prison Moshe Katsav, jailed for rape and other sexual offences, maintains innocence as he begins seven-year sentence.

December 7, 2011
Former Israeli president goes to prison   Moshe Katsav, jailed for rape and other sexual offences, maintains innocence as he begins seven-year sentence.

  Following a rejection of his appeal, Katsav becomes the highest-ranking Israeli official to serve prison time [AFP] Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has reported to prison to begin a seven-year sentence for rape and other sexual offences. Before travelling to Maasiyahu prison on Wednesday, Katsav, who was president from 2000 to 2007, once again claimed innocence, [...]

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he Arab Spring: For women, some achievements, many disappointments by Nadya Khalife Published in: Gender and Development: an Oxfam Journal

December 2, 2011
he Arab Spring: For women, some achievements, many disappointments  by Nadya Khalife Published in: Gender and Development: an Oxfam Journal

Nadya Khalife The Arab Spring and the revolutionary spirit that came with it were viewed by women’s rights activists as an opportunity to make progress on much-needed rights and freedoms for women in the Middle East and North Africa. Nadya Khalife, women’s rights Middle East and North Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch Back in [...]

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Women Are Better At Almost Everything by CHARLES R. LARSON

November 29, 2011
Women Are Better At Almost Everything  by CHARLES R. LARSON

Dan Abrams‘ “Man Down” Women Are Better At Almost Everything by CHARLES R. LARSON You have to hand it to Dan Abrams.  He’s in his mid-forties, never married, and either hoping that his book will get him hitched or frightened to death that, if it does, he’ll never live up to his wife’s expectations.  The [...]

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A life and struggle for women

November 27, 2011
A life and struggle for women

Nawal El Saadawi (b. 1931) – name also written: Nawal al-Sa’dawi Egyptian novelist, essayist and physician, whose feminist works have widened the boundaries of the Arab novel. Nawal El Saadawi’s central theme is the oppression of women and womens’ desire for self-expression. She first gained fame with her nonfictional writing. Her books have been banned [...]

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Egyptians Confront Police Violence, Forced Virginity Tests, and Torture to Save Their Revolution

November 25, 2011
Egyptians Confront Police Violence, Forced Virginity Tests, and Torture to Save Their Revolution

Photo Credit: AFP/Khaled Desouki LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Egyptians Confront Police Violence, Forced Virginity Tests, and Torture to Save Their Revolution 33 Dead, many injured as Egypt‘s interim military rulers attack demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir square November 22, [...]

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UN: Law protecting Afghan women has ‘long way to go’

November 23, 2011
UN: Law protecting Afghan women has ‘long way to go’

Women walk on a muddy road after rain in Kabul Nov. 9, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail) By Christine Kearney KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — Afghan authorities are failing to enforce the law to protect women from murder, beating, rape and other violence and being sold into marriage and prostitution, the United Nations said on Wednesday. UN Assistance Mission [...]

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Half the population of the planet actively discriminated against worldwide

November 16, 2011
Half the population of the planet actively discriminated against worldwide

Ultra-orthodox groups have been blamed for a rising trend which has seen posters featuring women being defaced. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters Jerusalem mayor battles ultra-orthodox groups over women-free billboards Female models erased from advertisements across city after religious lobby brands the images as offensive reddit this Phoebe Greenwood in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 November 2011 19.16 GMT [...]

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Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women’s Rights, Democracy in Yemen

October 26, 2011
Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women’s Rights, Democracy in Yemen

In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak to Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Yemeni activist, Tawakkul Karman. The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution calling on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to immediately step down after 33 years in power. All five permanent members of the Security Council back the [...]

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In the eight months since the revolution, Egypt’s women have learned that the fight for their rights is only beginning.

October 25, 2011
In the eight months since the revolution, Egypt’s women have learned that the fight for their rights is only beginning.

Photo Credit: Nebedaay/Flickr Did Egypt‘s Women Win the Revolution Only to Lose Out? In the eight months since the revolution, Egypt’s women have learned that the fight for their rights is only beginning. October 18, 2011 | Photo Credit: Nebedaay/Flickr In the immediate aftermath of this spring’s revolution, something new and unfamiliar happened in Egypt: [...]

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A Democracy Now! interview on the Peace Prize

October 9, 2011
A Democracy Now! interview on the Peace Prize

AMY GOODMAN: This is a clip of her speaking just after her release from prison in January. TAWAKKUL KARMAN: We will continue our struggle until this regime goes from our happy country. We will defend our country. The Jasmine Revolution continues until this regime goes. AMY GOODMAN: Tawakkul Karman is the first Arab woman to win the Nobel [...]

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Unseated Afghan MP continues hunger-strike

October 9, 2011
Unseated Afghan MP continues hunger-strike

Barakzai says she will continue her fast until justice is done[Reuters]     Unseated Afghan MP continues hunger-strike Semin Barekzai in critical condition as she fasts in protest against her disqualification over vote rigging claims. An unseated Afghan MP is in critical condition after entering the eighth day of a hunger-strike to protest  against her expulsion [...]

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Plight of Lebanese Women

August 14, 2011
Plight of Lebanese Women

  Abused Lebanese women also victims of legal system Published yesterday (updated) 13/08/2011 23:47 A Lebanese woman carries a placard in Arabic reading “a man is successful in dialogue” during a KAFA rally in December [AFP/Joseph Eid, File] By Khaled Soubeih   BEIRUT (AFP) — It was only a few months after their wedding in Lebanon [...]

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Women in Tunisia

August 13, 2011
Women in Tunisia

  Tunisian women rally to preserve gender equality Published today 20:58 Reporters from the new daily “Le Maghreb” work on an article on August 12, in Tunis. Around 1,000 women’s rights supporters rallied in Tunis Saturday to the mark the anniversary of a key equal rights bill amid fears gender equality may suffer if political Islam [...]

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Heads the elite wins, tails you lose! The deficit explained

July 26, 2011
Heads the elite wins, tails you lose! The deficit explained

For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]

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Afghan women and harassment

July 14, 2011
Afghan women and harassment

A survey of 20 female students and teachers in Afghanistan found that 18 faced daily harassments on the street [EPA] My mother entered the house and pushed the door closed with anger. After getting a cup of green tea, she sat in front of the television as her children watched her with concern and confusion. [...]

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No Justice for raped Afghan women

July 11, 2011
No Justice for raped Afghan women

Some 90 per cent of Afghan women face some form of domestic violence – many are forced into early marriage, kidnapped, or raped with no hope of justice [GALLO/GETTY] In December 2010, in a small house located in Sarbande Chakush village in the Juzjan province of Afghanistan, a 14-year-old girl named Aziza was abruptly awakened by [...]

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Is pregnancy getting criminalised?

July 11, 2011
Is pregnancy getting criminalised?

15-Year-Old Girl Faces Life in Prison for a Miscarriage? Why Conservatives Are Criminalizing Pregnant Women The creeping criminalization of pregnant women is a new front in the culture wars over abortion. July 4, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via [...]

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Newest War Hawk Excuse: Drones Are Police Action, Not War

July 6, 2011
Newest War Hawk Excuse: Drones Are Police Action, Not War

This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]

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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view

July 5, 2011
Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view

The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA   How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]

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A Gaza message to others

July 5, 2011
A Gaza message to others

  Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port.  Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”.  As soon as the boat’s [...]

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How Asia copes with American zombie consumers

July 3, 2011
How Asia copes with American zombie consumers

Asian markets search for a new model consumer after the American economy tanked, which has yet to recover [Getty] Asia needs a new model consumer. A post-crisis generation of “zombie consumers” in the United States is likely to hobble growth in global consumption for years to come. And that means that export-led developing Asia now [...]

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Will the US keep digging in the graveyard? Of course; and with true its friend from downunder at its side. Always good to take your tame puppy with you

July 3, 2011
Will the US keep digging in the graveyard? Of course; and with true its friend from downunder at its side. Always good to take your tame puppy with you

Graveyard of Empires by Eric Margolis Recently by Eric Margolis: Turkey: The Mother of Revolutions In his majestic poem “Recessional,” Rudyard Kipling was writing of the fading British Empire, but his words are as vivid and pertinent today as a century ago: Far-called our navies melt away – On dune and headland sinks the fire – Lo, [...]

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US State Department gets Washington Post to let you know where Pakistan fits into the deaths of Australian aqnd other troops in Afghanistan.

July 3, 2011
US State Department gets Washington Post to let you know where Pakistan fits into the deaths of Australian aqnd other troops in Afghanistan.

U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]

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Karzai “bombings that kill innocent civilians are the work of people who don’t want the nation to have a life without sadness.” He must be talking about the US, NATO and Australia.

July 3, 2011
Karzai “bombings that kill innocent civilians are the work of people who don’t want the nation to have a life without sadness.” He must be talking about the US, NATO and Australia.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 — an indication that the war’s toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. While [...]

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More US deaths in Afghanistan. Does anyone care about the locals?

July 2, 2011
More US deaths in Afghanistan. Does anyone care about the locals?

More U.S. troop deaths raise questions about strategy BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON – June was the deadliest month in nearly a year for U.S. service members in Afghanistan and Iraq even as the United States said that improved security in both countries allows it to reduce troops in those war zones. Sixty U.S. [...]

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Oh to be a demographer. Playing with numbers all day you realise its only the dopes who have children the smart wait and see. What utter nonsense yet we are expected to believe this drivel

July 1, 2011
Oh to be a demographer. Playing with numbers all day you realise its only the dopes who have children the smart wait and see. What utter nonsense yet we are expected to believe this drivel

Preface: The following Guardian article reeks of the fascist drivel that has driven millions to despair. It also shows the totally dishonest levels to which those who consider themselves to be intellectuals will sink to support the totally bourgeois ideologies we are expected to live by. There are far more factors at play than some overtly [...]

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Cairo clashes more than 1,000 injured

June 29, 2011
Cairo clashes more than 1,000 injured

  An Egyptian protester injured during clashes with security forces evacuated from Tahrir square in the worst violence since Mubarak’s fall. Photograph: Amel Pain/EPA The fiercest street fighting seen in central Cairo since the fall of Hosni Mubarak has left more than 1,000 people injured, as popular dissatisfaction with the military-led transitional government boiled over into [...]

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Life in an Indian Brothel

June 29, 2011
Life in an Indian Brothel

Daughters of the brothel Naseema was born into and lives in one of India‘s most infamous brothels but is now working to free trafficked women. Witness Last Modified: 29 Jun 2011 10:40   Filmmaker Gautam Singh explains how he came to make Daughters of the brothel. India’s handwritten magazines have long fascinated me. But while researching the [...]

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Google feels the attack on rights people think they have

June 27, 2011
Google feels the attack on rights people think they have

Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Google has received a record number of requests from 26 developed countries to reveal private information about internet users Share99 reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 19.16 BST Article history   Google has released figures showing the number of requests for private [...]

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Requests to Google for data. US tops list- Australia on the list as well

June 27, 2011
Requests to Google for data. US tops list- Australia on the list as well

Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Google has received a record number of requests from 26 developed countries to reveal private information about internet users Share99 reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 19.16 BST Article history Google has released figures showing the number of requests for private information [...]

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A Ray McGovern article on Gaza

June 27, 2011
A Ray McGovern article on Gaza

Ray McGovern is a very courageous former CIA person who has been campaigning for the truth to be told about the US system of imperial domination, delusion and militarism that has been happening for decades. He wrote the following article and it is here for you to read and evaluate.  George Ikners  ikners.com   Spirits [...]

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Women’s Rights

June 24, 2011
Women’s Rights

Muslim Tory minister says Pakistan‘s treatment of women fails Islam Lady Warsi says women are being denied rights granted 1,400 years ago in Qur’an Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairman of the Conservative party, who says Pakistan fails Islam in denying women’s rights. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Pakistan is failing to live up to one of [...]

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A fishing story from Gaza, the only fisherwoman

June 22, 2011
A fishing story from Gaza, the only fisherwoman

Madeleine Kulab and her boat. (GuerrillaRadio Blog) By Vittorio Arrigoni (This article was originally published at Vittorio Arrigoni’s blog Guerrilla Radio. Translated by Daniela Loffreda.) Her eyes are as deep as unexplored oceans and her movements are done with the grace of waterfowl, as when a marine creature submerges itself below the surface of the [...]

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Marching with the slut walkers

June 7, 2011
Marching with the slut walkers

Marching with the SlutWalkers The SlutWalk movement has divided feminists. Should women try to reclaim the word? And is undressing the best way to protest against rape? Share199 Comments (155) Tanya Gold The Guardian, Tuesday 7 June 2011 Article history   Demonstrators march on the Glasgow Slutwalk. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images SlutWalking entered the UK [...]

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RealNews video interview on Women’s rights

June 7, 2011
RealNews video interview on Women’s rights

SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Thousands of events are being held worldwide to mark the hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day. A handful of European countries first marked the day in 1911 following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. The United Nations has recognized March 8th as International Women’s Day since 1975. International Women’s Day [...]

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Alleged Libyan rape victim back in Libya

June 3, 2011
Alleged Libyan rape victim back in Libya

Libyan who claims she was raped by Gaddafi troops deported from Qatar As Nato continues strikes on Tripoli, US expresses concerns for the safety of Iman al-Obeidi Share10 Associated Press in Tripoli guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 June 2011 18.35 BST Article history   Iman al-Obeidi who claims she was raped by Gaddafi’s troopsis in Benghazi after [...]

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Baroud on his going back to see Gaza

June 3, 2011
Baroud on his going back to see Gaza

Crushed Ice in Nuseirat: My Gaza Refugee Camp Revisited Kids in Nuseirat. (Photo: John Harvey) By Ramzy Baroud – Gaza  ‘Do you remember Mahmoud?’ asked Abu Nidal, my neighbor from nearly 20 years ago, when I lived in Gaza. “Yes, of course, I do,” I answered. I remembered him as yet another troublemaking child among [...]

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Latest videos from RealNews site

June 3, 2011
Latest videos from RealNews site

  These are the latest videos available at the RealNews site.     Honduras rejoins OAS, Ecuador votes no Following the return of former president Manuel Zelaya, OAS votes to reinstate Honduras Go to story | Go to homepage   Call to Decriminalise Drugs The global war on drugs has failed, a group of past and [...]

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Women and the Revolution

June 2, 2011
Women and the Revolution

Women and the revolution. you can see the video at http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/2011217134411934738.html When 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz wrote on Facebook that she was going to Cairo’s Tahrir Square and urged all those who wanted to save the country to join her, the founding member of the April 6 Youth Movement was hoping to seize the moment as Tunisians showed that it [...]

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Have there been virginity tests carried out by Egyptian Army. One girl’s story

June 2, 2011
Have there been virginity tests carried out by Egyptian Army. One girl’s story

Egyptian army denies ‘virginity tests’   (go to http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/06/20116255012877754.html) Amnesty International says at least 17 women were forced to undergo “tests” after their arrest. Last Modified: 02 Jun 2011 06:38 Hundreds of Egyptians have held a demonstration in central Cairo against the army’s treatment of female protesters. According to Amnesty International at least 17 women arrested in [...]

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Naomi Wolf on sex and surveillance

June 2, 2011
Naomi Wolf on sex and surveillance

Sex and surveillance Recent high-profile sex scandals have caught the media by storm, but why – and more importantly how – were they exposed? Naomi Wolf Last Modified: 02 Jun 2011 08:14 Almost 10 years after September 11, the Patriot Act is still in action in the US - causing many Americans to simply accept the fact [...]

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Can Obama be clear

May 22, 2011
Can Obama be clear

Let Obama Be Clear, But Can He? Obama is in the unenviable place between Israel and his re-election. By Lina Sawan When Hillary Clinton introduced Barack Obama’s long-awaited speech on Middle East policy to the State Department on Thursday May 19, her introduction pinpointed the purpose of the highly-anticipated speech, or what may come to [...]

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Defying Saudi Driving Ban on Women

May 22, 2011
Defying Saudi Driving Ban on Women

Saudis arrest YouTube activist challenging ban on women drivers More than 500,000 click on video of woman held by police who filmed herself behind the wheel Share247 Reuters in Jeddah guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 May 2011 13.58 BST Article history The YouTube video, posted on Thursday, has attracted more than 500,000 views and shows Manal Alsharif [...]

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A look at Madrasas and women

May 21, 2011
A look at  Madrasas and women

An education: Inside Bangladesh‘s madrasas Bangladesh’s madrasas are viewed with suspicion for their links with militant Islam. So what kind of schooling do they offer girls? Tahmima Anam entered their secretive world to find out Share105 Comments (25) Tahmima Anam The Guardian, Saturday 21 May 2011 Article history   The Rehmat Ali madrasa for girls [...]

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Are Women Becoming Targets In Syria?

May 21, 2011
Are Women Becoming Targets In Syria?

Syria‘s defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad Women on the frontline of demonstrations against Syria’s brutal regime are now being targeted by security forces Share147 Comments (35) Peter Beaumont guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 May 2011 18.45 BST Article history ‘The regime has been rattled’. A human rights activist and lawyer describes the [...]

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