Life as an Afghan Widow
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Many Afghan widows are deprived of their rights to remarry and have normal lives again.... Traditional cultural practices, leaving widows with limited choice…
![](/modules/mod_raxo_allmode/tools/tb.php?src=/images/stories/blogs/Jihad/City-of-the-Dead.jpg&w=300&h=150 ""We live with the dead": Between the cemeteries and the elite of Cairo")
"We live with the dead": Between the cemeteries and the elite of Cairo
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Hamza has lived in Turab El-Ghafeer, the cemetery by Salah Salem, also known as the City of the Dead for about fifty years. He is only one of more than half a…
The 2013 Iran election: What does it mean for women?
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Do Iranian women, as women, see a duty to vote? A 40-year old school teacher in Tehran believes that the election does matter, and she plans to vote:- "It…
The Armed Forces – the Greatest Occupational Hazard is Not What You Think
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Sadly, widespread sexual assault is proving to be all too common in the ADF (Australian Defence Force)... One of the most recent stories details the experience…
Palestinian women: Trapped between occupation and patriarchy
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The Israeli police treat domestic violence among the Palestinian minority as a “private affair” that should be left for the clan and its leaders to solve. It…
Turkey: Hey Patriarchy! Hear our voice
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I used to be one of the hopeless ones in Turkey... Today we are in a transition period from the analogue to the digital world... I have witnessed how people…
Hey erkek egemen sesimizi duy
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Tüm dünyada hakim olan erkek egemen sistemin şiddetini nerelere kadar götürebildiğinin bir şahidi olarak yazıyorum. Bugün analog dünya düzeninden dijital dünya…
Lynch mob mentality can get anybody killed
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A regular day on the streets of Karachi… An unfortunate man was beaten by a mob of 100 people in front of North Nazimabad Board Office Park.... I was shoved…
“Women, go home. Men are defending Islam.”
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Wednesday, May 22nd, a group of students at Kabul University protested against the law for Elimination of Violence against Women... “Death to women, death to…
Becoming free, the need for a child to read!
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It was Emilie Buchwald who stated that "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents", while Jacqueline Kennedy pointed out, "There are many little…
Rape, Sexual Assault, Education, Traditions, and Beyond
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We need to start using resources to stop the objectification of women in media... What if we stop the stupidity on television and we start to use it to…
Racism at Canadian Night Club: 'Go Home & Get a Deodorant' - Bouncer Told Me
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"Indian people like yourself should be using deodorants.." First of all, I am Pakistani. According to them, I have gone from "drunk" to "drunk-like". I have…
Forced Marriage and Death Threats - No Chance of Education
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I asked why her sister had not come to the learning centre; she said, “Sister has gone to her home because she is married." - It was a forced marriage. She has…
Indonesia’s Baby Black Market
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The strict legislation on overseas adoption passed in 1983 has evidently just driven baby smuggling underground... The offer of $50 and higher to give up a…
Syed Mahmood: Why the Struggle for Children's Education in Pakistan?
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A woman came to me. She looked old. She asked me to check her BISP Card. The bank representative said, 'There is no money in this account.' The moment she came…
Inheritance Rights of Women in Afghanistan
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Islamic law grants inheritance rights to women which they may not have under tribal law. Since women are less powerful in the society, they are denied their…
Sesapzai - The Woman’s Body is a Battleground
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Being a woman in any given society, whether it may be within South/Central Asia or in the West, there are often triggers of distress and tension, and the…
Andaleeb Rizvi: When a Little Technology Can Make a Big Difference
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Shahnoor was missing one of her sons, who was with his father in Bangladesh. Her sole objective was to save enough money every month, so she could speak to him…
Talat Yaqoob: The 'Freedom' of Nudity
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After the episode with Amina, the FEMEN group has decided to turn against not only patriarchy but Islam. They are not the same things... I can assure you I am…
Muslim Women's Initiative vs. FEMEN's 'Intellectual Poverty'
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In early April, FEMEN declared an international day of action: "Topless Jihad against Islamism". Besides being totally offensive to Islam and Muslims, the name…
Ayesha Asghar: Do We Need to Be 'Saved' by FEMEN?
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My issues with FEMEN don't arise from their use of “nudity” as protest but their arrogance and their narcissism. They speak of “oppression” faced by “Muslim…
Women’s Role in Peace-Making - by Hina Gul, Pakistan
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"Women are unsafe whether they are in IDP camps, doing jobs, working in offices, in school, or in college...and are at risk of their physical security…
Noorjahan Akbar - Where did I learn about freedom?
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I did not learn about freedom in America. I learned about freedom from my parents. When I was six, they decided that they didn't want to submit to living under…
Literacy in Later Life - Pakistani Woman Shows the Way
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Rasoola Mami is 70 years old and has nine children... She has joined Zephaniah Free School. She sits among very young children, and learns to read and write...…
Through the looking glass: An insight into old age and PTSD
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My friend's mother wanted to know what the [Auschwitz] camp looked like in its present form... This elderly Jewish woman, in a nursing home in Canada, would…
Re-visiting the Restrictions on Pashtun Women in Afghanistan
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Every time foreigners intervened in Afghanistan, the security deteriorated... The darkest age for Afghan women began during the civil war, which resulted in…
A Visit to Uganda
Visiting women & Children in Rural Uganda
I asked an elderly widow what changes she had seen in her lifetime: "None." She replied. "I'm still gathering leaves to eat. My roof still leaks." - 100 years of the women's movement?
The Children of Kaabong
'My first impressions were of a dry semi arid desert with little or no vegetation as far as the eye could see. The Ugandan army were ever-present, in an effort to protect the warring tribes from each…
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