Gender
Iran: Is There Life after “Woman, Life, Freedom”?
Iran has a long history of feminist struggle. From Tahereh Qurrat al-Ayn, who took off…
Size Matters: Among the Syrian Women Working in Istanbul’s Textile Factories
“What would you do if you won 7,000 euro in the lottery?” I asked the…
Yemen: No Woman Will Travel Alone
Women being required to have a male guardian in order to travel was thought to…
Tent 56: The movie that dared talk about sex and rocked Syrian society
The film has undermined the “male kingdom of women” by talking about women who think…
Palestine’s LGBTQ community: trapped between discrimination and extortion
“The Israeli authorities promote Israel as a shelter for LGBTQ people, while purposefully portraying Palestinian…
I, Too, Am the Daughter of An “Honor Crime:” When My Uncles Celebrated the Murder of My Mother
I was three years old at that time. Two of my uncles came to visit…
Hail Sultana: On Drag as Art, Performance, and Expression
Life can be both glamorous and humorous for us all, and like a well-kept secret…
Lebanon: 9 Years Later, Yacoub’s Husband and Killer Finally Convicted
The daughters’ silence does not mean that during all this time they were uncertain their…
Climate Justice Requires Gender Justice: a Call to Action for Leaders in Lebanon This International Women’s Day
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time; to stem it in…
Iraq: The People and Their Problems are Left to the Shrines …
With the rise of the religious tide in the country, and the increase in corruption…