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Ramadan 2014

In Search of a Tranquil Ramadan


Posted by yasmeen on 24 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments
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Dreaming of the ultimate spirituality and serenity this Ramadan, my plan was to quit my 9-5 job a couple of days before Ramadan started. I’ve always had this fantasy that taking a vacation for the whole Ramadan gives you more space for spirituality and religious rituals. Think of days full of Quran recitation, Zikr, Terawih […]

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In Love with the Army: Media Images of Egyptian Women


Posted by yasmeen on 19 Feb 2014 / 0 Comments
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“This is a man adored by Egyptians. And if he wants to take four wives, we’re at his service.” The man in question is none other than the Egyptian Minister of Defense, General Abd ElFattah Al-Sisi (promoted recently to Field Marshal), and the “we” in “we’re at his service” refers to Egyptian women, according to […]

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Culture/Society

Double Standards on Public Decency


Posted by yasmeen on 17 Oct 2013 / 1 Comment
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My cousin’s daughter is smart. She recently summed a deeply rooted societal problem in few words. The little girl is relatively chubby and her mom, my cousin, keeps giving her remarks on her weight and looks. At one point, she responded: “Don’t you see that you are fat too! Plus, you are the one who […]

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Culture/Society

The H Word: A Piece of Cloth Loaded with More Than It Can Bear?


Posted by yasmeen on 12 Sep 2013 / 2 Comments
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I have to admit that hijab narratives in media turn me off. Whether because it is exhaustively discussed or because most of these narratives rely heavily on clichés and fallacies, hijab is a subject that seems to me overloaded with notions that are not related in any way to what I see as the core […]

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Women’s Involvement Is Nothing New


Posted by yasmeen on 22 Aug 2013 / 2 Comments
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When you google the possible variations of these words: Women, Role & Arab Spring, you will be faced with massive numbers of articles, studies and interviews that examine thoroughly women’s involvement in the Arab Spring. The prevalent sentiment of such works revolves around how it’s newsworthy that “Women played an active role during the Arab […]

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Ramadan 2013

9 Things That Make Ramadan Memories Special to Me


Posted by yasmeen on 10 Jul 2013 / 0 Comments
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Ramadan is here! And although its true essence is all about our pursuit of spiritual elevation, we – Muslims – celebrate it in every way possible. Thus, special memories about Ramadan are engraved in our hearts, and I would like to share some of mine here. 1. I was born in Ramadan: When I was […]

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Empowered Women in the Age of the Harem


Posted by yasmeen on 17 Jun 2013 / 2 Comments
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“Backwards” is the word often associated with pre-modern ages, and “oppression” is the word that comes to our minds first when we describe the state of women during those ages. Thank God we live in the modern age where human rights activism has brought women rights that they’ve never had before. Right? Sorry to shake […]

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Undermining the Justice of Sharia, from Granting Divorce to Female Breadwinners


Posted by yasmeen on 15 May 2013 / 0 Comments
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A couple of weeks ago I came across this BBC Panorama  story on “Women at risk” which warns that “some Sharia councils in Britain may be putting Muslim women “at risk” by pressuring them to stay in abusive marriages.” The story presents a case of a couple going to one of the Sharia councils for […]

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