Mona Eltahawy
Feminist. Tattoos. #MUFC. Author: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women & Girls (2019) amzn.to/2IK10q7, Headscarves & Hymens (2015) pic: S. Enriquez-Nistal
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Two Muslim men say American Airlines canceled their flight to DFW because crew 'didn't feel comfortable' flying with them
Two Dallas-area Muslim men say their American Airlines flight was canceled because the crew "didn't feel comfortable" after they waved to one...
Mona Eltahawy
Fucking ridiculous: Two Dallas-area Muslim men say their American Airlines flight was canceled because the crew "didn't feel comfortable" after THEY WAVED to one another boarding a flight from Birmingham, Ala., to DFW International Airport.
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Mohamed Ali fallout continues: Sisi mulls canceling New York trip amid high-level meetings to combat ‘destabilization campaign’
General Intelligence Service Chief Abbas Kamel believes that the move would send a negative message.
US-based Egyptian activist says brother 'kidnapped' by government
Wael Ghonim, a United States-based activist who was behind a Facebook page that helped ignite a popular uprising in Egypt in 2011, said his brother was arrested at his family's home in Cairo on Thursday.
Hazem Ghonim, who Wael said is an apolitical...
Mona Eltahawy
“Wael Ghonim, a US-based activist who was behind a Facebook page that helped ignite a popular uprising in Egypt in 2011, said his brother was arrested at his family's home in Cairo on Thursday.”
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Trump administration says UNC, Duke programs portray Islam too positively
The Trump administration is pressuring the University of North Carolina and Duke University to revise their joint Middle East studies program or risk federal funding.
The Deadly Toll for Palestinian Women
Videos that circulated on social media in August appearing to show a hospital corridor with a woman heard pleading and screaming, and sounds of intermittent thuds, have sparked protests and outrage at the lethal cost that Palestinian women pay...
HRC & UCONN Survey Finds Bi+ Youth at Heightened Risk
Groundbreaking report released during Bisexual Awareness Week.
#ColorlinesReads: Fall Into These Books This Autumn
These are all the books we look forward to curling up with as the nights turn cold.
Mona Eltahawy
Thrilled to see The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls on this @Colorlines list of autumn reads and in such great company colorlines.com/articles/color… #7NecessarySins
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Free Speech Is For Me - Challenge censorship, defend speech rights
Free speech has been critical to social movements throughout history. Groups leverage their right to free speech to challenge those who are protecting the status quo. But lately many of the loudest voices demanding “free speech” seek to use it...
Author Kamila Shamsie stripped of literary award over BDS support
German city rescinds Nelly Sachs Prize from British Pakistani author, citing her support of the pro-Palestine movement.
Mona Eltahawy
This is absolutely disgraceful. Shame on the city of Dortmund. Kamila Shamsie is a brilliant author and one of the most principled and thoughtful people I know. This reflects terribly on Dortmund and the Nelly Sachs Prize.
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Mona Eltahawy: Civility Will Not Overturn the Patriarchy
Uncle Sam, I want to know what you’re doing with my fucking tax money. . . . Because I’m from New York, and the streets is always dirty. We was voted the dirtiest city in America. There are still r…
Mona Eltahawy
“Profanity is an essential tool in disrupting patriarchy and its rules. It is the verbal equivalent of civil disobedience... It is imperative to understand how civility, decorum, manners...are used to uphold authority.”
Sin #3: Profanity lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-… #7NecessarySins
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Drama in court as Mak researcher Stella Nyanzi is sentenced
A plastic mineral water bottle thrown at Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has landed six people in Police custody. This as Dr. Stella Nyanzi was sentenc...
Imaan Fest: a celebration of LGBTQI Muslim Culture
Imaan Fest will be a celebration of LGBTQI Muslim culture in the spring of 2020 in London and mark Imaan's 20th anniversary.
Mona Eltahawy’s “The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls” out in September.
Mona Eltahawy’s second book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is set to make its debut in September 17, 2019.
Book giveaway for The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy Aug 18-Sep 17, 2019
Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Aug 18-Sep 17, 2019. Enter for a chance to win 1 of 20 copies of Mona Eltahawy's The Se...
The Patriarchy Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against Mona Eltahawy’s 7 Necessary Sins
By Rakia Clark | Meeting Mona Eltahawy for the first time is like a bolt of lightening. Bold, vibrant, bright red hair, tattoos on both forearms, big, big smile, the works. Sitting down for the first time to discuss what would become The Seven...
Best New Books: Week of September 17, 2019
The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist!
Adult Fiction
★ A Little Hatred, by Joe Abercrombie
★ Gallows Court, by...
September New Releases!
New releases from Margaret Atwood, Randall Munroe, Raina Telgemeier, Mary H.K. Choi, Jacqueline Woodson, and more!
Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Cusk, Barry, Eltahawy, Foer, Klein, Kois, and More
It's blockbuster season, which means new books from big names: Naomi Klein, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jacqueline Woodson, and Tracey Chevalier.