Below is a column I wrote for the latest edition of Bitter Lemons International, which this week is dedicated to the internet in the Middle East. Please take a moment to check out the three other essays featured this week. http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/index.php I touched on a similar topic when I spoke to the Malaysian internet TV [...]

By Mona Eltahawy KUALA LUMPUR – Aasiya Hassan was probably beheaded by her husband in Buffalo, NY, just hours before Malaysian Muslim women’s group Sisters in Islam brought us together Feb. 13 – 17 for the launch of Musawah, a global movement for justice and equality in Muslim families. Justice and equality were in short [...]

On Feb. 9, Qatar’s Al Arab and Egypt’s Al Masry Al Youm published opeds I wrote from Israel. Both pieces focus on Dr. Izzeldine Abouelaish, the Palestinian doctor who lost three daughters when Israel shelled their home in Gaza two days before the end of the ceasefire. I am pleasantly surprised that the papers published [...]

I went to Batu Caves on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur tonight to attend the last night of Thaipusam, a Hindu festival. Here are some pictures.

I’m going to Malaysia to attend the launch of a movement for gender equality in Muslim families. Several prominent Muslim women scholars are behind the movement and it’s a huge honour for me to be there. I will write about it once it’s been officially launched but in the meanwhile I’m reposting an oped I [...]

By Mona Eltahawy TEL AVIV – “Are you proud of yourself for visiting Israel? Especially now?” I am an Egyptian whose country has been at peace with Israel for almost 30 years but my decision to come to Tel Aviv a day after the ceasefire ended the war between Israel and Hamas did not go [...]