There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7, based in the UAE, a country which …
Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE, Women | Tagged Bahrain, Gulf, migrant rights, UAE | 4 CommentsA new regulation by the women affairs coordinator in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil has raised many campaigns of protest by Iraqi women and human rights activists. The regulation forbid women working in the ministry of wearing dresses, skirts, modern …
Posted in Activism, Gender, Iraq, Women | Tagged Iraq, iraqi women movement | 1 CommentOn Sunday evening, Dec 4th, the world learned of yet another crime that the Assad regime in Syria has committed against human rights and freedom and dignity. Prominent Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi has been arrested while on her way to …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Syria, Women | Tagged Free Speech, Syria | 1 CommentPart one here. The sexual harassment epidemic in Egypt is actually quite a hot topic at the moment, and recently made an appearance on the big screen. 678 is an outstanding movie written and directed by Mohammed Diab. As the …
Posted in Egypt, Gender, Sexism, Women | Leave a commentThe introduction of Facebook questions has made my faith in humanity plummet. The latest in a string of inanities asks, “What is the most suitable way to curb sexual harassment?” Is it a) Men should control themselves, or b) Women …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Gender, Sexism, Women | 1 Comment* Expelling students continues in Bahrain. Tens of students were expelled from Bahrain Polytechnic yesterday and today for voicing their anti-government view on the internet and mainly on Facebook and for allegedly taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the …
Posted in Activism, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Media, Women | Leave a commentBefore the status of women in Islam can be determined, the religion itself must first be analyzed separately from the cultures and practices in “Islamic” countries—most notably, those in the Middle East.
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Culture and Society, Gender, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, News and Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Women | 2 CommentsMotivated by the militancy of women in US textile mills, Women’s Day was proposed by Clara Zetkin, a Marxist woman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In a conference in Copenhagen in 1910, the International Socialist declared an …
Posted in Iran, Women | 1 CommentThe history of Kurdish women is largely unknown — not because people don’t want to know about Kurdish women, but because they don’t know where to learn about Kurdish women. It’s hard to know about women from an ethnic background when their history has not been fully documented.
Posted in Culture, Gender, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Women | 3 CommentsMideast Youth interviews Seyran Duran, the chairperson of Kurdistan’s Women Federation in Sweden (یهکێتی ژنانی کوردستان له سوید). Ms Seyran is a Kurdish-Swedish who has been living in Sweden as a refugee for most of her life. Kurdistan’s Women Federation …
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Mideast Youth, Podcasts, Refugees, Syria, Turkey, Women | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, Kurdistan's Women Federation in Sweden, Kurds, Kurds in Europe, Kurds in Sweden, Seyran Duran, یهکێتی ژنانی کوردستان له سوید | 2 Comments