Posts Tagged ‘ gender ’

Sarah Palin v Queer Theory

Sarah Palin v Queer Theory

Which is more empowering or threatening for the gay community: the idea that sexuality is a lifestyle choice (unnatural) or an innate trait (natural)?

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Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Fundamentalists in America and Egypt are obsessed with "virtue "and "vice". But the rise of Islamists threatens to bind Egyptian women in a moral vice.

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التغلب على الخوف، الخطوة الاولى لنساء مصر

قبل الثورة لم يكن سهلا ان نتخيل نساءا تتحدى سلطة الاب او الزوج وتخرج للتظاهر لكننا وجدنا نساءا واجهن الموت والخوف ,وتلك هى الخطوة الاولى لمواجهة اى غبن

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Egypt’s middle-class cyberheroes

Social networking and blogging voices the dreams and aspirations of the young and middle-class in Egypt, leaving other groups as marginalised as ever.

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Rejected by the right, Western Muslims are only left with the left

No Muslim in their right mind would support far-right Christian groups in the West, though they may well symathise with their Muslim equivalents elsewhere.

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From Arab spring to summer of love in Egypt?

The Egyptian revolution awoke hopes of a new era of gender equality and of greater sexual liberty. But how likely is Egypt to have its own summer of love?

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No revolution for Egyptian women

Despite the political earthquake that has rid Egypt of its patriarch-in-chief, attitudes to gender remain largely the same. Now women must stand up for their rights.

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Sexual harassment: No online way out

   By Osama Diab Blogging won’t raise awareness about sexual harassment more than it already has. We must focus our efforts on lobbying the government to do more.  Monday 20 June 2011 Today is a day dedicated to blogging about sexual harassment. The idea is for all the bloggers in Egypt and outside it to...

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Learning tolerance

Islamophobia is common in western society, so the classroom is a good place to start combating it.

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The Arab myth of Western women

Unflattering as some western stereotypes are of Arab men, Western women also get a bad press in conservative Arab circles.

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