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Facebook Foodies: Libyan Women’s Visibility Online


Posted by Guest Contributor on 03 Nov 2015 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest contributor Seema Shafei (@seemashafei)   As a Libyan living abroad, I have been struck by the growing celebration of Libyan women’s culinary skills by other Libyan women on social media. During rough times in Libya because of political instability, Facebook became an outlet for women all across the country […]

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Darkest Before Dawn: Ramadan in a Time of Disillusionment


Posted by tasnim on 17 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments
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On June 25th, Salwa Bugaighis was shot dead at her home in Benghazi. A human rights activist and lawyer, Bugaighis was a charismatic figure who played a leadership role in the uprising and in the women’s movement, supporting a campaign which sought to establish minimum quotas for female lawmakers in parliament as well as being […]

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“Woman vs Islamist” – Duelling Protests, Flag Switching and Zero Sum Games


Posted by tasnim on 25 Sep 2012 / 0 Comments
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The last few weeks in Libya have been tragic, depressing and hopeful by turn.  For months the militia situation in the country had been brewing, with increasing calls for disarmament and unification under a national army on the one hand, and on the other, calls for patience by those making the argument that the armed […]

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Smultron for Suhur: Nomadic Memories of Ramadans Abroad


Posted by tasnim on 08 Aug 2012 / 0 Comments
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I like the long dark winter months in Sweden. This is something that tends to make people question my sanity. But even I will admit summers here are special, as everything seems to burst into exuberant life, Mother Nature in a hurry to her work done before the cold weather returns. Though the summer is […]

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The Libyan Woman’s New Libya


Posted by Guest Contributor on 15 Nov 2011 / 0 Comments
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This piece was written by a Guest Contributor, Summar Shammakhi. The interim Libyan leader, Mustapha Abdul Jalil declared Libya liberated on the 23rd October. The content of his twenty or so minute speech was a tribute to the February 17 revolution. He thanked all the brave men and women, all the martyrs, all the injured […]

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Libya’s Girl Executioners and Gun-Brandishing Newscasters


Posted by tasnim on 06 Sep 2011 / 0 Comments
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Nisreen Mansour al Forgani, centre, with fellow Gaddafi female militia members. She is now under armed rebel guard in a Tripoli hospital. Picture: AFP Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war, as we see male political and military leaders taking the most visible roles in armed conflicts, promoting the tendency to see the […]

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Updates: Amina Abdullah and Eman al-Obeidi


Posted by Krista Riley on 10 Jun 2011 / 0 Comments
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Two important updates on stories that we have covered over the past couple months! First, Sara Yasin wrote recently about a blog called “A Gay Girl in Damascus,” where Syrian-American blogger Amina Abdullah Arraf has been writing about the revolution in Syria.  Amina Abdullah Arraf was allegedly abducted on June 6, and has not been heard from.  Many news […]

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The Symbol of Eman al-Obeidi


Posted by tasnim on 04 Apr 2011 / 0 Comments
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On March 26, Eman al-Obeidi burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told reporters that fifteen of Gaddafi’s militiamen had detained her for two days and raped her. She named one of them as the son of a high-ranking official, and pleaded for her friends, who she said were still held captive. After a […]

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An Interview with Yusra Tekbali on Libya


Posted by yusra on 24 Mar 2011 / 0 Comments
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MMW Contributor Yusra Tekbali was in Libya during the outbreak of the February 17 Revolution. She was evacuated to Malta, and now speaks to us from The United Arab Emirates, where she is attending Insight Dubai, a conference on Muslim Women’s issues sponsored by Dubai Women’s College. Krista and Azra interview her about her experiences. […]

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“Libyamazons” and the Libyan Uprising


Posted by tasnim on 14 Mar 2011 / 0 Comments
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Moammar Gaddafi’s outlandish behavior has long been a gift to comedians. Making fun of the Colonel clearly does not require much effort: all the news channel Al Arabiya had to do for their segment Gharaib Al Gaddafi (Gaddafi’s Oddities) was put together a montage of clips of the Brother Leader and his fern fly-swatter. One […]

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