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Posted by samya on 18 Nov 2016 / 0 Comment
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Zainab Salbi, An Iraqi American women’s right activists, has a new project. She will be travelling around the world to discover the third gender revolution, and stories about ISIS. The Zainab Salbi Project will be premiering on The Huffington Post.

Despite the hopes raised by the Arab Spring five years ago, women in the Arab world still hold only 17.6 percent of seats in parliament. That’s the second lowest regional score in the world. For that, Moroccan politician Nabila Mounib is trying change that.

In the same week that Donald Trump became President of the US, this powerful image was much needed. On their trip to the United Arab Emirates, Camilla, the Dutchess of Cornwall, was accompanied by an all-female protection squad, the palace revealed.

Hundreds of Kurdish women are taking part in a showdown with the jihadists imposing a reign of terror over territories they seized in Syria and neighboring Iraq. These women inspire fear in ISIS militants due to “shame” of being killed by a woman.

A bold new video featuring Aarifa Bhinderwala’s journey as a pole dancer and how she is using the dance form to overcome depression and body issues is breaking the internet.

A football team made up of Afghan refugee girls are set on bringing down the barriers for Muslim girls in sport.

The vision of a Somali immigrant and her Minnesota-born business partner to outfit the growing ranks of Muslim-girl athletes through a line of customized sportswear is set to move to manufacturing early next year.


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