A predawn raid today increased clashes between the military and civilian populations in Egypt, triggering women in Cairo to mobilize around the ongoing violence which in recent days has targeted women. This week horrifying images of just how brutal the military can be towards women went viral. The video showing military police dragging a woman […]
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I was interviewed by British NGO A Safe World for Women Founder, Chris Crowstaff recently on some topics very close to my heart: Bangladesh, Islam and feminism. Chris and I connected over Twitter (go social media!), and we made an appointment to have a conversation about these issues. The full interview is divided into four
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How women take on motherhood, and all the challenges that come with it, has been an issue I have always been intrigued by though I did not always understand it. In my twenties, I spent much of my time lamenting about motherhood being equally imprisoning as marriage. In my thirties, being a married woman who
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I never wanted to get married. Yes, I was that woman. My mom loves to tell stories of how even when I was a little girl I would bemoan about how much more women do than their husbands, and how they were never even thanked for their work. As an adult I became more adamant
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I was on Russia Today (RT) live yesterday evening discussing something I had never heard about until I was asked to come and talk about it: Islamoeroticism. Now one can imagine just from the name alone how controversial this latest series of art has caused both in the Muslim world and beyond. I argue that
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