Saudi Women Driving Protest, 2000
While much focus has been placed in the past year on Saudi women’s driving endeavours, the act is not unique. …
Tag Archives: feminism
The Presidentmaker
Suspend all questions of veracity and enjoy this lovely little tale: One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided …
Hollywood Hates Feminists: A Scandinavian Tragedy
In little over a month change has been rampant afoot. On a personal level, I passed through the hall of …
Women, Know Thy Place!
Else you will be sent to the Obedient Wives Club: All of which prompts me to propose the Obedient Husbands …
Tunisian Women: The Fight Goes On
Professor Lina Ben Mhenni of the University of Tunis – also known as blogger A Tunisian Girl, composes a harrowing account of …
Chauvinism, Insecurities and the Real Anchormen
I don’t usually have favourite journalists, but if I do, they are generally on Al-Jazeera. The channel has a happy …
Manal Al-Sharif and the Counter-jerks
For every ardent campaigner there is a counter-jerk, and in the case of Manal Al-Sharif and her bid to place …
FemEO: For ladies who (net)work
A dreadfully belated heads-up on a fabulous initiative launched by the folks at Bayt earlier this month. FemEO provides an …
Islam and Domestic Violence
Putting the record straight in 2009 is Shaykh Hamza Yusuf: An irksome misconception about Islam is its perceived endorsement of …
Saudi ladies and their wheels
For people with only a blinkable interest in the Middle East the words ‘women’ and ‘Saudi Arabia’ conjure one response: …
