Tweet Throwing things at politicians has been a preferred form of protest in France, a silent protest, a French kiss of sorts without using your tong. Since President Emmanuel Macron got into office in 2016, he has been slapped and hit by Tomatoes, Pies, strawberries, Clergy, and Eggs.; you would think President Macron should wear head coverage in public, not ban them. The French crusade against Muslim dress has been a modern form of Orientalism, where the West has been trying to liberate Muslim women from themselves since the French colonial era in the Muslim world. Every year at the end of summer, when students return to school in…
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Here are some Arab/Muslim Women to Remember on International Women’s Day!
Tweet International Women’s Day (IWD).. is a day that the world celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, “ March 8th, was designated by UN to not just celebrate women rights, but to call for actions to improve women rights and gender parity. However, Arab and Muslim women who have a long history of struggle for their economic, legal and social rights, their stories mostly ignored.
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SELLING LINGERIE ON EGYPTIAN STREET!
Tweet Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the global symbol of the January 25th Revolution, where millions of Egyptians, including women, went to demand the toppling of the regime. Lately, Tahrir Square has witnessed the courting of the Egyptian population by General Al Sisi and his propaganda machine as well as a “Million Woman March” demanding the toppling of the hijab.The history of progressive women and their struggle for independence and social freedom is an old one. They are starting with the Egyptian feminist and activist, Huda El Sha’arwi, founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923. Two events stand out in the history of women’s struggle in Egypt. In the Egyptian…