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May 2013

May 01, 2013

Saudi Women at the Helm: Beneficiaries of the Arab Spring

For the past two years, sweeping political changes in parts of the Middle East have...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

“The Light in Her Eyes” Sheds Some Light on the Women of Syria

We are bombarded with images from Syria every day — flashing across our television screens...

April 2012

April 03, 2012

First Lady Dictators Are Not Sexy Headlines

Exactly a year ago on March 15th, the official day of Syrian uprising, I wrote...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

Revisiting the Revolution: How Far Have Egyptian Women Come?

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011: the day thousands of Egyptians—Christians and Muslims, men and women, young...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

For Arab Women, Change in the Digital Reality is Coming, but Slowly

By all standards, 2011 was quite an exceptional year for men and women in the...

January 05, 2012

From Iranian Women to Egyptian Women?

Shortly after the results of the first stage of the Egyptian parliament elections, everyone started...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: News

As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year...

December 26, 2011

Women in the 2011 Revolutions: Tawakul Karman

This post was written by guest contributor Summar Shammakhi. For a long time, negative impressions...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

Selective Shivers in the Islamist Winter

The election of the so-called ‘moderate Islamist’ party, Ennahda, to the head seat of the...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

A Gay Girl in Damascus Tells It Like It Is

Amina Abdullah is being celebrated as the unlikely voice of Syria’s revolution. She is a...

May 19, 2011

Arab Women: They’re in Niqabs, Gettin’ in Ur Democracy

The Atlantic featured this picture on its latest magazine, which includes an article about the...

May 17, 2011

The Sexy Business of Political Uprisings: Sijal Hachem’s “Khalas”

I lived through a revolution. I saw my 21-year-old brother holding a gun. I slept with...