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After all these years / Awakening is my right / In Awakening, I am tired Poem by Shahrzaad, from Thirsty we age Fittingly for a woman who would, in her life, play many roles, Shahrzaad has many names. Her official…
I’m the woman who has awoken I’ve found my path and will never return Poem by Meena Meena was born into a middle class family in Kabul. Her grandparents had relocated from a rural region and in some ways,…
I invite my readers to join me as I travel the thorny road travelled…by women of my generation who sought knowledge, dignity and self-respect. The above sentence appears in the Prologue of Anbara Salam Khalidi’s memoirs. Her autobiography concisely retells…
Doria Shafik grew up in a modest and traditional middle class family, as the third child of six, and the second daughter. Her life was dedicated to feminist activism in many forms, from poetry and writing to organisation building, and…
In Istanbul recently, a convening of Syrian and Iraqi women activists took place that Global Fund for Women co-funded with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and MADRE. More than 60 people attended, including nine Syrian women activists…
Laila* has not had an easy life. Her mother died when she was eight years old. Soon afterward her father sent her to work in the home of a village leader, where she worked as a domestic servant until age…
The feminist collective has condemned the recent ‘honour’ killing of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch, demanding accountability for her killing, from the murderer himself, to the wider society as represented by religious figures, the media, politicians and the police….
Women’s right activists in the United Kingdom are launching a crowd-funding appeal to purchase copies of Dr Elham Manea’s book Women and Sharia Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK. The campaign aims to provide a copy for…
Open letter to the Home Secretary: The law and not religion is basis of justice for citizens
Over the past 20 years, the Center of Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (CEWLA) has worked with thousands of grassroots women in Egypt and throughout the region. The group has helped marginalized Egyptian women access legal services, has led sexual health…
This is part three of our editor chat, Ramadhan Reflections. To read part one click here and part two is available here. What must be done to change the mentality around menstruation? Mediah: I think we need to openly talk…
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