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By Mona Eltahawy The Jerusalem Report Jan. 4, 2010 It was the end of a three-hour class I’d given on women and Islamist movements. Why do women join such movements, which often bar them from positions of power? Why would a woman who belonged to one such movement tell a researcher “We don’t want equality. [...]
I was on BBC Worldservice Newshour talking about tech innovations of the Noughties (’00s) with author Ken Auletta and Tom Standage, business affairs editor and former tech editor of the Economist.
By Mona Eltahawy Metro Authenticity has never been Barbie the doll’s strong suit. It’s estimated that if she were life sized, she would tip over because of the size of her breasts. So I shouldn’t be surprised that as part of the 500 international outfits designed to mark Barbie’s 50th birthday — yes, she’s that [...]
In September, Danish journalist Martin Krasnik interviewed me for the Aarhus Arts Festival. Our conversation was broadcast on Danish Television recently.
Beat generation Mona Eltahawy Columnist Monocle magazine Denmark-based musician Simona Abdallah brings a new intensity to the traditional Arab drum, the darbuka. She is one of a brave new breed of Muslim women you’re going to hear a lot more about in the coming year. This is going to be the year of the Muslim [...]
I was on NPR’s Talk of the Nation today to talk about my oped on Switzerland and minarets. Meanwhile, here’s one of the best opeds on the issue I’ve read, by Swiss writer Peter Stamm.
By Mona Eltahawy Dec. 1, 2009 The Washington Post My question for Switzerland and other European countries enthralled by the right wing: When did Saudi Arabia become your role model? Even before 57.5 percent of Swiss voters cast ballots on Sunday to ban the building of minarets by Muslims, it was obvious that Switzerland’s image [...]
