March 29, 2011
Why would Rovina be so animalistic to an extent that she stabs someone to death? There are 2 options. Either she is a sick human being (which is fair enough, is a probability and happens). Then the question would be how come there was someone who is so sick minded in this family’s house and they never took notice? Either she was a perfectly sane woman from Philipines who came all the way from Manila to Ain Saade to earn a better living and was faced with some factors which have led her to go totally insane outrageously ending the life of another human being.
March 7, 2011
I have no idea. And yet I went down to Dawra and Bourj Hammoud on Sunday with a few of my feminist friends to talk to migrant women in Lebanon about the problems they face. It was the second day of “Hello Women,” a project we devised for International Women’s Day, where we stationed ourselves [...]
February 22, 2011
تفشت في شوارع بيروت هذا الشهر إعلانات لحملة كاريتاس لحماية حقوق العامل الأجنبي في لبنان. تنوعت شعاراتها بين “عامليها منيح، بتعاملك من كل قلبها” و “الإنسان إنسان لو مين ما كان.” تغيظني وبشدة هذه الحملات الفارغة وأراها تهين العاملات بالعنصرية ذاتها التي تُعامَلن بها في المنازل. لماذا نطلب بكل هذا التهذيب والطفولية من اللبنانيين أن [...]
September 29, 2010
I’ve been wanting to write up some articles about basic arguments we have to face as feminists every day, dealing with stupid questions that are often sexist comments disguised as questions. This time, I decided to do a video rant instead of a written one.
August 10, 2010
كلودين فرح تعمل إحدى رفيقاتي محامية في مكتب محامٍ… منذ عشرة أعوام. صديقة أخرى تخصصت في إدارة الأعمال، منذ عشرة أعوام أيضاً ولكنها عاطلة عن العمل حالياً. لا تفتقر أي منهما إلى الذكاء أو البراعة ولكنهما من الجندر غير المرغوب… إلاّ إذا قررتا إضافة “أناقتهما وحسن مظهرهما” إلى بيانات سيرتيهما الذاتيتين. في المقابل، أجد عدداً [...]
July 28, 2010
Every once in a blue moon, an activity related to personal rights initiatives and LGTBQ rights takes place in Beirut. These activities, which appeal to a certain public, focus on the need to change the governmental dismissal of LGTBQ rights and the persecutionof people of non-conforming sexualities living in Lebanon. These activities are an extension [...]
July 19, 2010
Video exposing some of the verbal sexual harassment that women face in Lebanon. The video was made by Sarag Pailain and Bernadette Dou during the video workshop that Sawt Al Niswa organized.
July 19, 2010
A promotion video for Nasawiya’s training program “Ghayri 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik“. The video was made by Joelle Hatem and Abdallah Nasser during the video workshop organized by Sawt Al Niswa 2010.
July 19, 2010
The video was made by Rouba Boushnak and Rabih Hojaij during the video workshop organized by Sawtalniswa 2010.
