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The Eyes of Beauty Don’t Belong to the World—They Belong to You

Author: T from Palestine
Published: December 7, 2025
Categories: in Analysis, Countries, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Latest Articles, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, כללי
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Tags: #thinkactyala, change, Culture, family, gender equality, genderequality, hope, Humanity, identity, Inspiration, IsraelPalestine, MENA, palestine, traditions, women, women rights, womenforpeace, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders, youth

Have you ever glanced at your reflection and felt like a stranger was staring back—flaws magnified, confidence vanished in an instant? I’ve been there, caught between the safety of a loving childhood and the harsh whispers of adolescence that told me my features weren’t “right.” I used to spend afternoons in my room inventing songs, […]

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA: Sumayyah’s Story and the Thousands Like Her

Author: Mutmainat
Published: October 21, 2025
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria
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Tags: #thinkactyala, activism, change, discovertheregion, education, family, gender equality, genderequality, hope, Humanity, MENA, women, women rights, yala young leaders, yalayoungleaders, youth

Sumayyah is a thirty-year-old Muslim woman. She is beautiful, kind, hardworking, religious, and a Yoruba woman from Ondo state who grew up and lives in Lagos. While studying in Lagos for her BSc, she began training as a tailor so she could become a fashion designer after graduation. She comes from a small family of […]

Blue, White, & Pink All Over: Why Gay Israel is False Advertising, By Gavi Nelson, Israel

Author: By Gavi Nelson, Israel
Published: June 2, 2021
Categories: in Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Israel, Opinion and Analysis
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Tags: gaypride, LGBTQI, pinkwashing, pride, pride month, Queer

*The following article uses the terms LGBTQIA+, queer, and gay interchangeably to understand that each person has their own preference. My sincerest apologies in advance to those who don’t feel represented by the aforementioned labels, but please know you are included in my intentions. Pinkwashing is defined by Pinkwatching Israel, an online resource hub […]

“Not family, we’re women” during a protest against femicide and domestic violence, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 7, 2020. Photo by Zeynep Karaosman

Behind #ChallengeAccepted campaign; anger over the increasing femicides in Turkey and the Istanbul Convention

Author: By Zeynep, Turkey | Opinion
Published: April 11, 2021
Categories: in Analysis, Civil Activism, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Tolerance
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Tags: change, femicides, feminist, Movement, Society, turkey

This summer social media feeds were stormed by black-and-white selfies of women with the hashtag of #ChallengeAccepted and #WomenEmpowerment and the users got more curious about the campaign as many celebrities joined the campaign and it went viral. #ChallengeAccepted hashtag and selfie format were first used in 2016 to raise awareness about cancer. This time, […]

#Podcast Menstruations in the Arab world, by Sirine B, Tunisia

Author: Sirine B, Tunisia
Published: November 19, 2020
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Tunisia
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Opinion | Lockdown: the golden opportunity for abusers, by Sirine Bougacha, Tunisia

Author: By Sirine Bougacha, Tunisia
Published: June 25, 2020
Categories: in Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Tunisia
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Tags: corona virus, lockdown, violence against women, women rights

Lockdown: the golden opportunity for abusers. Friday, 20 March 2020, the Tunisian government announced a nationwide lockdown starting from Sunday the 22nd until April the 4th. This lockdown was declared to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak but things did not turn as planned. As everyone had to stay at home with their loved ones, others […]

Opinion | Penal Code 1943, Article 534, at the heart of the uprising, by Ibrahim A, Lebanon

Author: By Ibrahim A, Lebanon
Published: June 23, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Democracy, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Lebanon, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Tags: beirut, justice, LGBTQ, LGBTQrights, Penal Code, uprising

In 1943, Lebanon gained its independence from the French. Originally enacted by French colonizers, article 534 was put while drafting the new Lebanese constitution, stating that any ‘sexual intercourse against nature’ is a crime under the sovereignty of the Lebanese government, with a penalty of up to one-year imprisonment. Such a vague law with no […]

سارة حجازي – Sarah Hegazi. Her life, her death, her legacy

Author: By Sarah Hegazi's friends, from Egypt, Syria Lebanon
Published: June 17, 2020
Categories: in Arabic, Civil Activism, Current Events, Egypt, English, French, Gender and LGBTQ, Hebrew, Human Rights, Identity, Lebanon, Syria, Tolerance
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Tags: activism, LGBTQ, LGBTQrights, Queer, Sarah Hegazi

(English, Hebrew & French translations follows) سارة حجازي، ناشطة مثلية نسوية ثورية مصرية، دافعت سارة وناضلت من أجل حقوق الإنسان كلها وعن كل مضطهد في مختلف العالم أعلنت سارة عن ميولها المثلية 2016 بكل جرأة في مجتمع يكره التعددية ويخاف من الإختلاف. وفي عام 2017 صممت وأدرات وشاركت سارة بحملة ” بعنوان “ادعم الحب” دعماً […]

Opinion| The Shadow Pandemic alongside Covid-19: the case of Morocco, by Rima Ahsissene, Morocco

Author: By Rim Ahsissene, Morocco
Published: May 14, 2020
Categories: in Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis
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Tags: corona, Covid-19, domestic violence, feminicide, pandemic, violence against women

The United Nations calls the ongoing increase in domestic violence a “shadow pandemic” adjacent to COVID-19. The UNFPA which stands for the U.N Sexual and Reproductive Health agency conducted a research and recently disclosed that every three months of lockdown can lead to 15 million more cases of domestic violence than the average that would […]

What’s the name on your jersey? By Dalya Arussy, Israel

Author: By Dalya Arussy
Published: March 9, 2020
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel
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Tags: football, sport, Women and football, women rights, Women World cup, women's day, women's wolrd cup 2019, Worldcup

They say you play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back. This is especially true during the World Cup when the world’s greatest players exchange their club symbols for the crest of their home countries. The streets of Lyon, France last summer were coloured in these crests and their […]

Opinion | We need more Women in Health and Science, by Amira, Palestine

Author: Amira Sublaban
Published: February 19, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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Tags: education, emancipation, Science, women

When I first applied for my Bachelor’s degree in Medical Imaging at Al Quds University, I was honestly taken aback by the number of females majoring in the scientific field. I was under the impression that the field was over filled with the male community given the fact that some females are encouraged to take […]

Opinion | The Isolation of West Bank Palestinian Women by Aida Zsófia, Palestine

Author: Aida Zsófia, Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Recently, the murder of Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian girl from Bethlehem turned the spotlight on the situation of Palestinian women, the spatial isolation of them in the West Bank and the phenomena standing behind it. Generally, with regards to the situation of the Palestinian women there are two determining arguments. Some people might say […]

Opinion | SHE FOR SHE: Together Stronger to Achieve Gender Equality by Iness, Algeria

Author: Iness, Algeria
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Algeria, Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Opinion and Analysis, Tolerance
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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a necessary foundation for a peaceful and sustainable world. It consists of equal access to opportunities, regardless of gender. Nowadays and despite all the developments the world is witnessing, all the feminist movements, human rights campaigns and the massive changes that have been realized […]

Opinion | Morocco, Who’s Trying to Suffocate Free Media? by Driss, Morocco

Author: Driss, Morocco
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis
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Moroccans theses days have forgotten about the new government reshuffle. People have lost faith in the actual El Othmani’s cabinet, which is considered as the worst in the history of the kingdom. Now, they are focusing on the arrest of Hajar Rissouni sentenced to a year in prison having an “illegal abortion” and “sex outside […]

Opinion | Women in Libya: Caught between Hope and the Civil War by Eman, Libya

Author: Eman, Libya
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Libya, Opinion and Analysis, כללי
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Women in Libya who are trying to find a job are facing multiple challenges, and the civil war is just one of them. Staying safe, working far off from the places of the conflict, finding a job near the home way, and many other conditions women workers in Tripoli finding themselves set as a must […]

Her Pright by James S Namalira, Nigeria

Author: James S Namalira, Nigeria
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria, Tolerance
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A true life experience of Kozito Eze I was in Lagos for a weekend for a couple of meetings and other personal arrangements sometime in May. I had to make the quick trip totally unplanned because of how important personally, securing bags is to me. But, I had to make a quick return to my […]

Opinion | Muslim Women and the Hijab : To Save or not to Save by Rima ahsissene, Morocco

Author: By Rima ahsissene, Morocco
Published: October 31, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Life Style, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Hijab: the headscarf worn by some Muslim women Last week, in France a mother accompanying her son on a field trip in Dijon was publicly and loudly asked to remove her Hijab by a far-right politician of the local assembly[i]. And last month, a teacher in a school in Montreal had two choices either remove […]

I Will Stay by Trezer Oguda, Kenya

Author: Trezer Oguda, Kenya
Published: October 28, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity
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The first time I saw a ‘real’ grown woman in her underwear was under very distressing circumstances. I say real because the only ones I had ever caught a glimpse of in that state were from the cast of the American soap opera- ‘The Bold and Beautiful.’ Although it was forbidden to watch this show […]

Semaine de la santé mentale: Depression Post Partum; Quand le bonheur se fait attendre by Morgane, Israel

Author: Morgane, Israel
Published: October 14, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Education, French, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Tolerance
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Tags: Femmes mere feministes, Post Parthum, Sante mentale

Aujourd’hui c’est la journée de la santé mentale, et a cette occasion, je voudrais vous parler de mes premiers mois de maman. Ma première grossesse a été si facile, parfaite. Après presque 3 ans d’infertilité, de traitements, de pauses et de doutes, j’ai vécu une grossesse finalement spontanée avec joie, avec un sentiment de […]

Kayayai by Day, Prostitute by Night by Theodora Aido, Ghana

Author: Theodora Aido, Ghana
Published: October 1, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Ghana, Politics, כללי
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Abena, a fourteen (14) year old teenage girl, is the fifth child of eight (8) children born to her parents in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. She travelled to Kumasi in April 2015 with the hope of a better standard of living. She narrated how she was inspired by other very young […]

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