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: women
The Presidentmaker
Suspend all questions of veracity and enjoy this lovely little tale: One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided …
Book Tip: Gridlock
Pardis Mahdavi has been discussing human trafficking upon the release of her book, Gridlock: Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai. Focusing on …
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 …
And God Made Woman…
This was dedicated to me earlier this evening: Zia Mohyeddin‘s voice is divine – almost usurps Stephen Fry in my …
Eman al-Obeidi Returned to Libya
I am going to go against the trend of quotations marks and be blunt: rape survivor Eman al-Obeidi is to …
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: …
