Saturday, September 12th, 2009
I was featured in a World Service Radio documentary on “Citizen Journalism”. Check out part two on citizen journalism in Egypt.
Archive for the 'Iran' Category
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
By Mona Eltahawy Published in the Jerusalem Report, Metro Canada, Qatar’s Al Arab and Denmark’s Politiken As a special gift for my 42nd birthday I met two awe-inspiring women in Kuala Lumpur. We were in the Malaysian capital to attend the second gathering of WISE – Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality, a program [...]
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
By Mona Eltahawy The Washington Post Do you hear the silence from the Arab world over events in Iran? Let’s start with Arab leaders, who are experts at vote rigging — if they hold elections at all. What could they possibly say about the Iranian election, or the allegations of vote fraud, without sounding hypocritical? [...]
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
By Mona Eltahawy The Jerusalem Report April 27, 2009 I love public speaking. I used to want to be an actress when I was younger so it obviously satisfies the performer in me. I like to think that I’m pretty fast on my feet during the Q&A sessions, too, but occasionally someone asks me something [...]
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
This is a lecture I gave at the University of Delaware Feb. 25 to launch their lecture series Global Agenda 2009. Headsup: I mistakenly called Ali the prophet’s nephew. Ali is Prophet Mohammed’s cousin. I know I know! Speaking for an hour without notes!
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
I’m often asked why I took off my headscarf and what it was like to remove it. This essay which I wrote for SaudiDebate.com last year answers some of those questions. Muslim Women Caught Between Would-Be Liberators and Would-Be Saviours By Mona Eltahawy August 8, 2007 Iranian photographer and writer Haleh Anvari, is fed up [...]
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
By Mona Eltahawy NEW YORK — When it comes to Islamic law, or Sharia, words certainly do come easy if you’re a man. You can marry four wives, receive double the inheritance a woman gets and you can end your marriage simply by saying “I divorce you” three times. So why not pontificate? Words are [...]
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
The Middle East is a much safer place if Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons. And I’m not just talking about Israel. Forget Israel for a moment and you’ll see that the region is far from being united on the Iranian nuclear issue. Don’t believe for a second the hype over the “Muslim bomb.” It has [...]
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
By Mona Eltahawy Published in the Jerusalem Report, Metro Canada, Qatar’s Al Arab and Denmark’s Politiken As a special gift for my 42nd birthday I met two awe-inspiring women in Kuala Lumpur. We were in the Malaysian capital to attend the second gathering of WISE – Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality, a program [...]
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
By Mona Eltahawy The Washington Post Do you hear the silence from the Arab world over events in Iran? Let’s start with Arab leaders, who are experts at vote rigging — if they hold elections at all. What could they possibly say about the Iranian election, or the allegations of vote fraud, without sounding hypocritical? [...]
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
By Mona Eltahawy The Jerusalem Report April 27, 2009 I love public speaking. I used to want to be an actress when I was younger so it obviously satisfies the performer in me. I like to think that I’m pretty fast on my feet during the Q&A sessions, too, but occasionally someone asks me something [...]
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
This is a lecture I gave at the University of Delaware Feb. 25 to launch their lecture series Global Agenda 2009. Headsup: I mistakenly called Ali the prophet’s nephew. Ali is Prophet Mohammed’s cousin. I know I know! Speaking for an hour without notes!
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
I’m often asked why I took off my headscarf and what it was like to remove it. This essay which I wrote for SaudiDebate.com last year answers some of those questions. Muslim Women Caught Between Would-Be Liberators and Would-Be Saviours By Mona Eltahawy August 8, 2007 Iranian photographer and writer Haleh Anvari, is fed up [...]
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
By Mona Eltahawy NEW YORK — When it comes to Islamic law, or Sharia, words certainly do come easy if you’re a man. You can marry four wives, receive double the inheritance a woman gets and you can end your marriage simply by saying “I divorce you” three times. So why not pontificate? Words are [...]
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
The Middle East is a much safer place if Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons. And I’m not just talking about Israel. Forget Israel for a moment and you’ll see that the region is far from being united on the Iranian nuclear issue. Don’t believe for a second the hype over the “Muslim bomb.” It has [...]
