Recent Posts Tagged With 'empowerment'

• Are You Making Your Country Poorer?

  Posted on Wednesday November 26th, 2008 at 05:49 in work, Career, women, poverty, empowerment, eye-opening, social illness, cultural bogus, egyptain society, women and economy

  This post is a special dedication to all the bitter, ever-complaining, dissatisfied housewives.. who were once my school buddies, university comrades, and work colleagues, but have chosen to stay at home after marriage.Sorry, all. You have always fou...

• D for Dream

  Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 20:08 in feminism, dreams, activism, empowerment, women rights, interaction, female movement

  Been a while since my last post.. You might think I've started to get lazy or that my enthusiasm is fading. Wait until you hear my side of the story.. I didn't follow a tradition that I saw lots of bloggers following.. and that is celebrating their...

• Childless by choice ... dream or nightmare?

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 01:36 in divorce, feminism, conspiracy, freedom, housewives, empowerment, equality, difference, women rights, brainwash

  From the day a girl learns to play, she is given dolls. Most girls will pretend the dolls are their "babies". They will pretend to feed them, and care for them. They lull them to sleep and kiss them good night.. They will pretend to be mothers. Most ...

• Girls Need Modems

  Posted on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 at 19:07 in girls, feminism, activism, liberation, freedom, empowerment, the internet, women rights, feminists, unity

  Yup! They defintely do. I've recently stumbled upon this amazing research paper by Krista Scott while surfing the net, and I immediately realized that she had clearly spoken my mind.. in a detailed, in-depth and highly organized manner.In her masters...

• Women Rights in Egypt: When the Wheel Has to Be Reinvented

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 19:10 in girls, feminism, activism, liberation, empowerment, equality, independence, women rights, social injustice, eye-opening, social illness, female movement

  I've said before that the huge steps taken by Egyptian women on their road to liberation in a previous era have now been reduced to a few centimeters. We're heading back to square one, thanks to the deterioration that Egypt is witnessing in the cultu...

• For the love of the Game...and so much more.

  Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 21:50 in girls, freedom, empowerment, equality, Stereotypes, misconceptions, women soccer, sexists, cultural bogus, superficial images

  An average person walking in the streets of Cairo can look around and see a parade of people who walk by every day. They come from all over Egypt, of many social and economical classes. The variety of Egyptians walking in the Egyptian street on any ...

• A Woman to Remember

  Posted on Thursday December 27th, 2007 at 07:59 in freedom, empowerment, female leader, banazir bhutto

  The former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today. Bhutto, who was the leader of the main opposition party, died after bursts of gunfire followed by a suicide bombing. It was carried out minutes after she delivered a speech at...

• Egyptian Mozzah

  Posted on Friday December 14th, 2007 at 16:33 in pride, empowerment, Stereotypes, patriarchy, females, eye-opening, exposition, cultural bogus, superficial images, objectifying women

  The word "mozzah" in the Egyptian slang dialect stands for "sexy chick" or "diva". And when used as an adjective - as in "that girl is mozzah"- it basically means, "she's hot". But the word "mozzah", whether used as a noun or an adjective, is not re...

• Only in India

  Posted on Wednesday October 17th, 2007 at 08:05 in activism, empowerment, women rights

  Unlike the funny forwards which you get in your inbox every now and then, displaying awkward photos from India. This one is so serious. Officially, India now has its All-Female Political Party!Yeah, I read it in the news this morning and was as surpr...

• A Woman with a Dream

  Posted on Wednesday September 19th, 2007 at 06:53 in feminism, dreams, empowerment, women rights

  When Martin Luther King stood there, giving his public speech in 1963, saying his famous "I have a dream...", he certainly had no idea that his dream will come true. He had no idea that his speech will be a historic one, or that it will later be ran...

• Men of the World.. Get Lost

  Posted on Monday August 20th, 2007 at 05:53 in Evolution, empowerment, revolution, abuse of power, social injustice, origins of society

  In an earlier post I've discussed a book which prophecized the end of the male species. This time, however, I am not discussing the biological failure of males and the need for them to extinct for environmental balance. I'd rather talk about the soci...

• One Step Forward, Two Steps Back!

  Posted on Saturday June 2nd, 2007 at 18:47 in feminism, empowerment, independence, feminists, social injustice, females, eye-opening, sexists

  No, it's not a new dance routine.. It's the situation of women nowadays. For every step we take forward, we move two steps back.Scene 1:There was a time when Egyptian women had their position in every facet of life. Now, we are arguing basic things l...

• Power, Politics, and Gender

  Posted on Wednesday May 30th, 2007 at 19:01 in feminism, empowerment, abuse of power, feminists, social injustice, females, eye-opening, sexists

  Injustice is a cosmic plague. Countries can be imperialistic and oppressive while others are weak and helpless. Dictators abuse their powers within their countries. And likewise men and women fit into this cycle. You can not tell which leads to the o...

• Fantasia's DVD: Erin Brockovich

  Posted on Monday May 28th, 2007 at 13:31 in pride, feminism, empowerment, feminists, females

  From my DVD selection I shall continue to recommend some movies which I believe to be inspiring. One of those movies which I love is Erin Brockovich. This movie got its fame when Julia Roberts won her Oscar for the role of Erin. I find Roberts' perfo...