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Egypt Fights Harassment; Mourdock Comments on Rape
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Egyptians Demand Rights; Rape Conviction Reversed
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Egypt’s Leading Film Star Fights Religious Censure
Egyptian movie star Elhaam Shaheen is fighting what she and other entertainers fear is growing artistic censure by the new Islamic government. “This is a big war between all the artists and writers and Islamists,” she says.
U.N. Gathering Spotlights Syria, Sexual Violence
Sexual violence in Syria and women’s global access to justice are expected to take highest priority as women’s advocates gather for the U.N. General Assembly. Also on the agenda: the unmet development goals for maternal health.
1919: Egyptian Feminist Leads Liberation March
Huda Shaarawi, one of Egypt’s first feminists, was part of the movement to end Britain’s occupation after World War I. In this excerpt from her grandmother’s biography, “Casting Off the Veil,” Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi recounts how Shaarawi led a historic march.
Egyptian Women Have Choice of Rock or Hard Place
Egyptian women’s rights activists have only bad options in the current power crisis. If the Islamists in parliament hold power, they could erase years of legal gains for women. But if the military has its way, a police state could re-emerge.
Egypt’s Women Keep Showing Power in Protest
Egypt’s revolution is now often described as hijacked and women’s legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests.
Egyptian Upholds Sex-War View of Revolution
After stirring an outcry for her article in Foreign Policy magazine, Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy on Tuesday night offered a vigorous defense of her views that the real Middle East revolution is yet to come, between men and women.
