Recent Posts Tagged With 'women rights'

• Noha Roshdy

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 07:34 in girls, Mental Illness, sexual harassment, Violence against Women, women rights, self-defense, misconceptions, social injustice, social illness, sexists, cultural bogus, egyptian law

  Yesterday, I read about a brave girl from upper Egypt called Bikhyta, who was attacked by a wolf and kept struggling with it for 3 hours, during which she lost 2 of her fingers.. yet in the end, Bikhyta was able to slay the wolf.. all on her own.Toda...

• 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 ...

• The Victimization of Egyptian Women and Children

  Posted on Friday May 9th, 2008 at 20:09 in girls, discrimination, Violence against Women, patriarchy, women rights, misconceptions, social injustice, social illness, victimizing, cultural bogus, egyptian law, deceiving the masses

  I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Somethings are just beyond belief! And I seriously wish that what Egypt has been witnessing lately is just one long bad dream. Don't know what to do if this nightmare doesn't end. Excuse my sad, or rather depress...

• 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...

• V-day.... stop the violence (part 2)

  Posted on Saturday March 8th, 2008 at 23:29 in activism, freedom, equality, difference, Violence against Women, patriarchy, women rights, conflict, illusion, females, female movement, sexists

  The interesting thing about our society is that it mixes between emotional and physical abuse. As if all the emotional abuse was not enough! Men are encouraged to beat their wives. Religious authorities tell men it is okay to beat their wives, just n...

• Celebrating International Women's Day

  Posted on Saturday March 8th, 2008 at 21:17 in women rights, females, female movement

  It is 8 March.. which means that today we celebrate the International Women's Day. We'd like to wish all women all the best, and we invite men to celebrate this day with women in their families.HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!...

• Egyptian Men.. Wutz Up with You?

  Posted on Thursday February 28th, 2008 at 19:56 in Career, equality, discrimination, women rights, menstruation, misconceptions, social injustice, sexists, cultural bogus, superficial images, egyptian law, deceiving the masses

  Egypt men say 'I don't' to woman marriage registrarCAIRO (AFP) — The appointment this week of Egypt's first woman able to conduct Muslim marriages has sparked controversy in the religious country, particularly from men who see their status being ch...

• When Patriarchy Joins Forces with the Owners of Absolute Truth

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 18:10 in conspiracy, equality, discrimination, women rights, misconceptions, brainwash, exposition, islamic feminism, women imams, deceiving the masses

  The Speech in English"On women leading prayers.. Oh, fellow men.. I swear I don't know from where to start or how! Because of the horror I was subjected to. And there people of knowledge who committed the terrible mistake of permitting women to lead ...

• How Much Does a Woman Pay for Divorce?

  Posted on Wednesday November 14th, 2007 at 14:36 in divorce, Stereotypes, women rights, misconceptions, social injustice, cultural bogus

  This time I pose the above question because I was so surprised to see that many people can't form a realistic image about the critical condition of divorced women in Egypt. I'd like to say that women who haven't undergone the painful experience have ...

• 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...

• In Response to Your Comments

  Posted on Monday September 24th, 2007 at 06:40 in feminism, liberation, comment, women rights, female movement

  Some of my dear friends (namely the alien and yasmine) took my previous post to mean that the fight for women rights is a pure female thing and insisted that men can also play a role in this movement, that of supporters. I thus found it necessary to ...

• 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...