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The leftist Israeli paper Ha’aretz included my oped “Israel is the opium of the people and other taboos” in a roundup it published today on Muslims who criticise Hamas and call for peace. The article also quoted friends Tarek Fatah of the Muslim Canadian Congress and author of “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of [...]
After the Toronto Globe and Mail published my oped, CBC interviewed me on Arab reaction to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. You can hear: Part 1 at 9:46 mins.
By Mona Eltahawy NEW YORK – “Why aren’t you as an Arab lady writing about Gaza?” “Where are your columns about Gaza?” “Say the Israelis are wrong!” The messages started to arrive soon after Israel’s bombardment of Gaza killed close to 300 Palestinians. Implicit was the pressure to toe the party line, Hamas is good, [...]
By Mona Eltahawy From Qatar’s Al Arab I was on my way home on the Cairo Metro, lost in thought as I listened to music when I noticed a young Egyptian taunting a Sudanese girl. She reached out and tried to grab the girl’s nose and mouth and laughed when the girl tried to brush [...]
Mona Eltahawy An article in Issue 17, December 8, 2008 of The Jerusalem Report. DAMASCUS: As a Cairene who grew up in London and now lives in New York City, my standards for what constitutes a “real city” are high. It’s difficult to get my attention unless we’re talking about at least 8 million inhabitants [...]
