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Saudi Women Driving Protest, 2000

February 3, 2012

While much focus has been placed in the past year on Saudi women’s driving endeavours, the act is not unique. …

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The Presidentmaker

January 27, 2012

Suspend all questions of veracity and enjoy this lovely little tale: One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided …

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Hollywood Hates Feminists: A Scandinavian Tragedy

September 23, 2011

In little over a month change has been rampant afoot. On a personal level, I passed through the hall of …

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Women, Know Thy Place!

June 24, 2011

Else you will be sent to the Obedient Wives Club: All of which prompts me to propose the Obedient Husbands …

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Tunisian Women: The Fight Goes On

June 21, 2011

Professor Lina Ben Mhenni of the University of Tunis – also known as blogger A Tunisian Girl, composes a harrowing account of …

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Chauvinism, Insecurities and the Real Anchormen

June 11, 2011

I don’t usually have favourite journalists, but if I do, they are generally on Al-Jazeera. The channel has a happy …

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Manal Al-Sharif and the Counter-jerks

May 24, 2011

For every ardent campaigner there is a counter-jerk, and in the case of Manal Al-Sharif and her bid to place …

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FemEO: For ladies who (net)work

May 23, 2011

A dreadfully belated heads-up on a fabulous initiative launched by the folks at Bayt earlier this month. FemEO provides an …

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Islam and Domestic Violence

May 22, 2011

Putting the record straight in 2009 is Shaykh Hamza Yusuf: An irksome misconception about Islam is its perceived endorsement of …

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Saudi ladies and their wheels

May 22, 2011

For people with only a blinkable interest in the Middle East the words ‘women’ and ‘Saudi Arabia’ conjure one response: …

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