Sexual Violence and Islamist Propaganda
A few weeks ago I received a message from a friend in Cairo about a horrible attack on her sister Esraa Mohamed. Esraa was walking in her own neighborhood at 3 PM when she realized she was being...
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My Journey Towards Being Proud on Women’s International Day
As the daughter of an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood family, I, along with my female cousins, attended what is their version of the Girl Scouts every summer. My brother and my male cousins attended what...
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The Forbidden Sound of Music
In my Islamist family only one kind of music was welcome: war songs about the triumph of Islam. “We’ll never accept an occupied part of our lands…the Earth will burst in flames and burn them…on Earth,...
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Pretty Dresses and the Evil Eye
It was Eid morning and through Facebook I was able to look at pictures of all the stunning Eid caftans my friends posted. I opened my closet and tried on my caftan and a couple of dresses that I had...
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