Five things you need to know about women in Islam: Implications for advancing women’s rights in the Middle East
This article was first published via Arab Center Washington DC, by Tamara Kharroub. The issue of women’s rights in Islam has been a contentious area of discussions and intense debates both in the Muslim world and in the West. The…
How Not to Study Gender in the Middle East
This article was origionally published via Jadaliyya by Maya Mikdashi, March 21, 2012. One: Gender is not the study of what is evident, it is an analysis of how what is evident came to be. Two: Before resolving to write…
Women and Nature: Towards an Ecosocialist Feminism
This article was origionally published via RUPTURE, by Jess Spear on 10th of March, 2021. It was hot outside that day. In the remote area of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa a young man watched as five men approached him on…
Seven female icons who helped define the Arab world
This article was originally published on Middle East Eye by Nada Osman, on 13 December 2021. The role of women in Arab societies has long been a subject of debate and fascination both within the region and outside of it. On…