The unbelievable story of Eman al-Obeidi, the Libyan woman and lawyer, who is accusing embattled Libyan leader Gaddafi’s soldiers of gang-raping her, continues to develop in horrifying detail. After al-Obeidi famously stormed into the hotel in Tripoli where foreign journalists were staying to let the world know about her assault, she disappeared for more than […]
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Amidst all the frenzy surrounding the upcoming Royal Wedding and what Kate will wear, Salon addresses a more important point: what will Miss Middleton say? When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle to wed Prince William on April 29, spectators all over the world will be hanging on her every word. And the one they’ll be
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One of the most electrifying outcomes of the recent protests in the Middle East & North Africa has been the shattering of myths about Arabs & Muslims that have for too long been fed to the West: the women are voiceless, passive creatures apathetic to their country’s political processes, and democracy is something we are
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An adapted and updated version of my original piece on how the Italian feminist movement has been impacted by the scandals of Silvio Berlusconi was featured in Forbes! I could not be more excited. You can view the piece, which compares the experiences of Bill Clinton to Silvio, and how women’s movements reacted to each
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Recently I have been writing on how Arab and Muslim women have taken to the streets in political protest, shattering stereotypes in the process. Over the weekend we saw another group of women do the same, this time in Italy. While Italian women are most commonly associated with the classic maternal image of “Mama,” the
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**This is a developing story and has been updated** Hena Begum, a 14-year-old old Bangladeshi girl, was publicly flogged recently in Shariatpur, 35 miles outside of the capital, Dhaka after being accused of having an affair with her 40-year-old old married cousin. According to the BBC, a village court made up of Islamic clerics and elders
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Anyone remember what one of the most striking images to surface from Iran’s uprising last summer over the fallout from the country’s so-called elections were? Iranian women protesting. The world was shocked to see Iranians, 70% of whom are under that age of 25 yrs old, pour onto the streets demanding their votes be counted.
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I never understood the controversy over breastfeeding. In fact, until I moved to the States, I did not even know there was such a controversy over feeding your child with your breast. Is that not what they are meant for anyway? Apparently not. Though this beautiful image of Supermodel Miranda Kerr breastfeeding her newborn son,
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkP6MACtnww] What is the trouble with fairytales? Last week, I tried to answer precisely this question after analyzing how the media was having a field day with every fairytale metaphor they could get their hands on. Last night, I spoke with Thoma Hartmann on Russia Today’s, “The Big Picture.” He asked me about my thoughts
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Two years ago, when Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim was found dead with her throat slit open in her apartment in Dubai, few could have imagined that her ex-boyfriend, wealthy married Egyptian tycoon, Hisham Talaat Moustafa would not only be the prime suspect, but pretty much get away with murder. Literally. So how does the
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