Sara AbuGhazal I suppose it’s not a secret that parts of Beirut are witnessing or have witnessed in the past year periods of political tension. Regardless if these political tensions were directed “civil” strives, it is important for me to look closer at how these tensions affect the lives of women that are part of [...]
سالي علي تعرف جيدًا تلك الحالة التي تعيشها وتلازمها منذ أيام. إنهُ ذلك الإحساس المتناقض الذي يجمع بين نشوة السعادة و الخوف الكامن في روحها . تشعر بمللٍ من التفكير و الجلوس وحدها . ما هي إلا لحظات، و تشعر بالدفء يتسلل إلى روحها بمجرد معانقة والدتها. تظهر ملامح ليلتهما مع تلك الابتسامة الصافية النابعة [...]
Sonya Knox Suad Joseph has spent decades thinking about the interface of gender, family and state in the Middle East and, as such, is well situated to discuss the portrayals, understandings, motivations and intentions of “Arab women.” In her causal talk last Thursday at AUB, “Returning to the Arab Subject: Queries and Lenses,” she reviewed [...]
This Friday, October 29, you are invited to take part in celebrating International Rural Women’s Day at 7pm in Cafe Gemmayze. Rural women cooperatives will be hosting you for dinner. Tickets are for $25. Our team will be going and interviewing some of the women for Sawt Al Niswa. Join us! Click the poster below [...]
Writer’s Workshop: The Personal is Political! Have you ever heard the phrase, the personal is political?It’s a feminist slogan that first appeared in 1969 and remains one of the most popular feminist catchphrases to this day. But what does it really mean? And how does it relate to each of our life, as we live [...]
فرح سلكا نايلة هي بنت ثورة الأرز وما أدراك ما ثورة الأرز. أكتر ثورة شوفنيية و”كلاس” مارقة على المنطقة، ثورة بتددعي وبتحكي بكل القيم الحقوقية والديموقراطية والمتحضرة بس هي فعليا بعيدة كل البعد عن هيدي الكلمات الكبيره، هي نفسها هيدي الثورة يلي يمكن تكون تسببت بمقتل عشرات العمال السوريين المعترين، بس عن دون قصد أكيد. [...]
Maya El Helou A few years ago, back when I was a teenager, I was walking in one of those beauty product exhibitions, and a man jumped out of nowhere, telling me that he has a product that can whiten my skin color! It was summer, and I was really happy with my dark tan. I [...]
Jackie S. I am guilty. I admit it. I am guilty of doing something I encourage others not to do. I am guilty of remaining silent. Until today. It was a beautiful Wednesday in Amman that demanded a walk. Sunrays still strong with summer but cooled by impending autumnal breezes. I want to walk as [...]
