Sexual harassment and toxic masculinity in the medina
In Egypt, sexual harassment is a largely urban phenomenon fuelled by a sense of male powerlessness, insecurity and unrealistic gender ideals.
Read Moreالرجل العربي الجديد
لوحظ في الأونة الأخيرة تزايد الرجال المناصرة لحقوق المرأة عربياً، مقدمين مثالاُ رائعاً في تحدي المعنى التقليدي للرجولة الشرقية
Read MoreThe new Arab man: The Middle East’s male awakening
In the first of a Chronikler series on the new Arab man, we meet men who champion women’s rights and challenge traditional ideals of masculinity.
Read MoreThe antidote to Egypt’s sexual harassment epidemic
The cure for Egypt’s sexual harassment crisis is to liberate society from outdated and toxic gender ideals and to rethink notions of “honour”.
Read MoreSexual harassment and the quest to undress naked prejudice
To those who believe the way a woman dresses invites harassment, hear this: she is not to blame – her harassers are.
Read MoreEgypt’s underground sisterhood takes on the patriarchy
Egyptian women are under attack from a failing patriarchy. But what is overlooked is that they are fighting back through grassroots emancipation.
Read MoreUgly discrimination in the face of beauty
The curious case of Arab men reportedly deported for being “too handsome” demonstrates that the beautiful can also be the victims of discrimination.
Read MoreFrom 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?
Read MoreNo 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.
Read MoreAtheists are Egypt’s forgotten minority
Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.
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