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		<title>Oslo Freedom Forum 2011: Censorship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, I spoke on a panel at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2011 about the power of censorship. Here’s what I said: And here’s the full panel.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Gay Girl in Damascus&#8221; blog hoax</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=522</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on CBC Connect with Mark Kelly to talk about the “Gay Girl in Damascus” blog hoax.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s &#8220;virginity Tests&#8221; on CNN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Egyptian general speaking on condition of anonymity admitted to CNN that that female activists detained on March 9 had indeed been subjected to “virginity tests”, as the women have insisted all along. I talked about “virginity tests” and gender politics on two CNN shows below. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>These &#8220;virginity tests&#8221; will spark Egypt&#8217;s next revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=518</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mona Eltahawy The Guardian There&#8217;s a thin line between sex and politics, and it is nonsense to keep repeating the mantra that Egypt&#8217;s revolution &#34;wasn&#8217;t about gender&#34;. What revolution worth its salt can be fuelled by demands of freedom and dignity and not have gender nestled in its beating heart – especially in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On CNN and PBS Newshour on Obama Middle East Speech</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=516</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 05:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, I was on CNN to analyse Pres. Obama’s Middle East speech. &#160; And on PBS Newshour along with Rami Khoury and Martin Indyk]]></description>
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		<title>CNN and CBC on Bin Laden pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 02:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on “In the Arena” with Elliot Spitzer to talk about why Pres. Obama didn’t release pictures of a dead Osama Bin Laden. On CBC Connect I discussed reasons behind the frat-boy scenes of celebrations we’ve seen at Ground Zero.]]></description>
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		<title>No Dignity at Ground Zero</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=512</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 19:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mona Eltahawy The Guardian May 3, 2011 I could hear the cheers as I got out of the taxi, two blocks away. I could hear them from right in front of Park 51, the site of a planned Islamic community centre and mosque that met ferocious opposition last year for being too close to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming an Egyptian-American</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=484</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 17:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I moved to the United States on July 16, 2000. On April 29, 2011 I became an American citizen. I took my oath along with 158 people from 51 different countries, I am grateful that Dirk Eusterbrock came with me and took these pictures of the ceremony. I am now officially an Egyptian-American Taking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arabian Business&#8217; Most Powerful Arab Women/Arabs in the World 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=473</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business magazine recently compiled a list of 100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2011, which placed me at 51 and a list of 500 Most Powerful Arabs in the World, which placed me at 124. It was interesting to compare the Arabic-language bio they’ve posted for me with their English-language one – quite different!]]></description>
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		<title>Aspen Symposium on State of Race in America and Presenting Ridenhour Documentary Prize to &#8220;Budrus&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=471</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke on a panel on media and popular culture along with Spike Lee, Donna Byrd and Will Griffin at the Aspen Institute’s Symposium on the State of Race in America (our panel starts at 1:21:00). It was a pleasure to introduce Ronit Avni of JustVision and to present her and the team behind “Budrus” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vile and Threatening Message on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=469</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m making public a message I got from Ramsey Khattab because he threatens me over Saturday&#8217;s fundraiser for Egypt at which I&#8217;ll be speaking: &#34; I will be attending Saturday&#8217;s event and you better watch what you say otherwise I will have you thrown out of the meeting and humiliate you in public.&#34; I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Niqab Ban on CNN and BBC Newsnight</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=467</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the ban on niqab (face veil) went into effect in France, I debated the issue - with Sarah Joseph on CNN International’s Connect the World - with Sam Harris and Tariq Ramadan on BBC Newsnight here . - with Hebah Ahmed on CNN’s In the Arena]]></description>
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		<title>Eman Al Obeidi and Sexual Violence vs Women</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=465</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on CNN American Morning on Wednesday and Democracy Now! on Thursday morning to discuss the gang-rape of Eman Al Obeidi by Gaddafi troops. Other uses of sexual violence to silence and intimidate women came up, such as the Egyptian army’s forced virginity testing of female activists detained from Tahrir Square in March. Also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABC This Week: Libya</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=460</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was part of ABC’s This Week’s Roundtable discussing Libya, international intervention and what next. Jake Tapper subbed for Christiane Amanpour and the other panelists were George Will, Joe Sestak and Jeffrey Goldberg. Here’s Part One and Part Two.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s Youth Stepping Up to the Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=458</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I contributed the following to a NYTimes.com Room for Debate asking “Will Egypt’s Youth Movement Be Pushed Aside?”. The other contributors are here. Stepping Up to the Challenge By Mona Eltahawy March 25, 2011 Young people are already stepping up to the challenge of forming a viable coalition with new initiatives like the Youth Revolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revolutionary Woman vs Burqa Woman</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=456</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mona Eltahawy Toronto Star NEW YORK—As if further proof were needed of the intellectual as well as physical cave Al Qaeda inhabits, their new online magazine “Al Shamikha” (Majestic Woman) is the latest reminder. As women and men, passionate for freedom and dignity, fuel uprisings and revolutions that are sweeping across the Middle East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Muslims and Peter King&#8217;s Hearings</title>
		<link>http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=454</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on NPR’s On Point last week discussing Peter King’s congressional hearings on “Radicalization in the Islamic Community”. The other guests were Leila Ahmed, Asra Nomani and David Schanzer. I was also on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the hearings.]]></description>
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		<title>My Challenge to J-Street: As Mideast/N.Africa rises up, Let&#8217;s Rise up For Freedom And Dignity for Palestinians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke on a plenary at J-Street’s Second Annual Conference on the implications of revolutions and uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. I stressed that the rally for freedom and dignity sweeping the region would not stop at the borders of Palestine and I challenged J-Street and Israel to join a revolution for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaddafi: Running on Crazy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mona Eltahawy Huffington Post, Feb. 23, 2011 NEW YORK &#8211; If Tunisia kicked down the door of the Arab imagination by showing it was possible to topple a dictator, Egypt drew a blueprint of non-violence for the house of revolution that detailed how to demolish a stubbornly entrenched dictator and now in Libya a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s Revolution: PBs Frontline</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Eltahawy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on a PBS Frontline programme on Egypt’s Revolution and the role of the Muslim Brotherhood. Here’s the transcript of the full interview I gave Frontline in which I explain that the revolution gave the middle finger to many things. I was featured in this Newsweek piece on talking heads on Egypt.]]></description>
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