by: Maya Mikdashi Women’s rights and the regulation of gender and sex norms in the Arab world have long been put under the spotlight by local and international activists in addition to local and international …
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The Uprisings Will be Gendered
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How Not to Study Gender in the Middle East
by Maya Mikdashi One: Gender is not the study of what is evident, it is an analysis of how what is evident came to be. Two: Before resolving to write about gender, sexuality, or any other …
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An Ode to Islam
Upon Ali’s pillow drew odes from farmers of the Oikumene, they whose dirges lamented silence. Curious hands dug and sought the seeds of heaven, they whose omens split open silence. Jesus summons Joseph through colour …
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Arab Spring exposes Nasrallah’s hypocrisy
by Hamid Dabashi (originally published on al-Jazeera) Hassan Nasrallah is in trouble. This time the troubles of the Secretary General of Hezbollah, which were hitherto the source of his strength, are not coming from Israel, or …
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Under the Eyes of Buddha
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Dasht-e Leili
(originally published at Words without Borders) After the doors were shut, the tomblike cargo container had become dark. With our hands and feet bound with the fabric of our own turbans, we had fallen on …
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Tragedy in Tehran
By Fariba Amini Saturday 4 June 2011 Originally published on Change for Equality A father dies after a month in coma following a brain hemorrhage. His daughter is allowed to leave Evin prison to say …
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Tahrir Square: Back To Square One
by Robert Saleem Holbrook “The emancipation of women is not an act of charity, the result of a humanitarian , or compassionate attitude. The liberation of women is a fundamental necessity for the revolution, the …
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Egypt: A Multi-Generational Revolt
by: Jessica Winegar (originally published on Jadaliyya.com) In the mainstream Western and Arab media, Egypt’s revolution is often presented as a revolution of the youth. While it is true that young activists planned the January 25th …
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Gay Girl in Damascus blogger joins ranks of Syria’s detained
by: Nidaa Hassan (Originally published at The Guardian) Amina Arraf, who holds dual Syrian and US citizenship and blogs under the name Amina Abdallah “If we want to live in a free country,” Amina Abdallah …
