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Mukhtaran Mai Is a Shero and We Should Know Her Name


Posted by sobia on 17 Nov 2016 / 0 Comments
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*Trigger Warning* for description of sexual violence. Mukhtaran Mai, Pakistani women’s rights activist, recently walked a fashion runway in Karachi, Pakistan.  The goal, as explained, was to model courage and hope for other Pakistani women. Mukhtaran Mai came into the spotlight 14 years ago when she was gang raped and paraded naked by men of […]

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Whose Revolution? Critiquing Seyran Ates and her Islamic Sexual Revolution


Posted by alicia on 21 Oct 2009 / 0 Comments
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The calls of lawyer, activist, and writer Seyran Ates for a sexual revolution in the heterogeneous Muslim world may surprise many, particularly when the movement is commonly associated with free love, hippies, and public nudity. In a recent interview with German magazine Spiegel, Ates begins with discussing what she means by this and her experiences […]

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The Other Half of the Sky: the NYT Magazine’s Women’s Crusade Issue


Posted by sarayasin on 26 Aug 2009 / 0 Comments
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At the heart of many of the problems plaguing Muslim women in developing nations is a dollar bill, not a Qur’an. That was the overall impression I received from reading last Sunday’s Times Magazine. The issue of women in developing nations may not appear to be an impending issue for the Muslim community. In fact, […]

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The Ideal Egyptian Woman, According to CityStars Mall


Posted by ethar on 19 Mar 2009 / 0 Comments
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For those who don’t know, CityStars mall in Cairo was the biggest mall in the Middle East until it was surpassed by Dubai Mall in November 2008. Nevertheless, it’s still a huge mall, with (according to their website) over 550 stores, 6,000 parking spaces, three hotels, two indoor theme parks, and a 21-screen cinema complex. Over […]

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