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She, Breaking Free by Zineb, Tunisia

Author: By Zineb, Tunisia
Published: April 10, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Tunisia
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Tags: Feminism, gender equality

Her room, again, portrayed an obscure cavern of darkness which was not new to her. A vintage dress, from an era that goes way back, was the only separation between her skin and the creeping midnight chill. In her usual sleeplessness, she was drunk on silence. For hours, it had seeped into her pores, dowsing […]

A Woman’s Battlefield by SACHA GORELIK

Published: March 19, 2017
Categories: in English, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Latest Articles
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Tags: children, family, gender equality, hope, identity, love, women

ISRAEL — Like veterans of war, women will exchange stories of stitches, scars, pain, and heroism. The way men recount their wartime experiences, exchanging tales of bravery and perhaps near fatal operations, is the way women will tell their birthing stories. I would like to share mine…

Bravo, you work like a man! by Kaoutar Chahbane, Morocco

Published: December 28, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: education, gender equality, girl, morocco, traditions, women

Note: This is not a generalization, nor it is a hate letter.. This is a reflection on a reality, a reality that we cannot deny. The issue I want to talk about today happens everyday in our world. It’s not just ’in my city’ nor ’in my country’… Oh no, it is universal. In the […]

I got married what about you?! | Marwa, Tunisia

Published: November 29, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
Comments: 4 Comments
Tags: gender equality, marriage, morocco, Society, traditions, women, women rights

“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.” Rebecca West It’s undeniable that Arab women have been and are still struggling whether it be to improve themselves as […]

A Brother’s Love | Amir, Israel

Published: October 16, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: family, Feminism, gender equality, rape

The day was March 24th, 1999. It was the late in the afternoon of a regular, routine day. I was 9 years old and had been playing with my younger brothers. I was the eldest of four, so I always had someone around. My mother had been cranky all day. So the moment that a […]

A woman’s right to be a man by Yousra Serry, Egypt

Published: August 1, 2016
Categories: in Egypt, English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: education, egypt, gender equality, women, women rights

As far as my limited education goes, women’s rights are all about their right to be and do whatever they’d like. However, that’s not what I see nowadays. A lot of the so called ‘women’s rights fighters’ aren’t even remotely fighting for this. Most women’s rights activists aren’t fighting for women to live freely and […]

Hijabs, Basketball and Equality by Asma Elbadawi, Sudan

Published: July 19, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Tolerance
Comments: 3 Comments
Tags: basketball, fiba, gender equality, hijab, religion, sudan, tolerance, traditions, women, women rights

My name Is Asma Elbadawi, I am a Basketball player, Coach, Artist and spoken word poet from Sudan. I am also an activist: I am campaigning for the International Basketball Federation to extend its 2 year preliminary rule which allows players in turbans, hijabs, and other religious headgear to play, and to apply this rule […]

LET ME DIVORCE by Eliya Horesh, Israel

Published: June 7, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
Comments: 2 Comments
Tags: divorce, gender equality, get, israel, traditions, women, women rights

She thought she found her true love. She just couldn’t resist his smile and let herself fall into his strong arms. Being with him felt safe. She loved to hear his stories and laugh at his jokes. She was excited to see the shine in his eyes every time they met, shining like the eyes […]

Freedom for Hijabis by Meryam El Bouhati, Morocco

Published: May 17, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Tolerance
Comments: 2 Comments
Tags: gender equality, headscarf, hijab, hijabis, women, womenforpeace

I like watching Youtube videos. One of my favorite youtubers, called Marie, recently posted a video where she talks about Rafael Nadal’s underwear ad and the effect it had on her. She says; the nudity of a man, to which she was not used to, has brought out the female in her. Every time she […]

9 Problems Girls Face in the MENA region by Maroi ECH-CHARKAOUY, Morocco

Published: March 22, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
Comments: 1 Comment
Tags: education, gender equality, MENA, morocco, traditions, women, women rights

Girls in our region face many problems, especially when we hit our 20s. I would like to tackle few of these issues here: Marriage: Being a girl in the MENA region in general and in Morocco in particular, you will face pressure to get married basically every day of your life! The pressure gets higher […]

A Girl’s Life by El zahraa Gomaa, Egypt

Published: March 1, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Tolerance
Comments: 1 Comment
Tags: gender equality, girls, women, women rights

“Do not think, just do!” A daily dose of frustration you should hear if you are a girl in Egypt. I live in a small Egyptian village, this village is almost unknown and you can hardly find some one to show you how to reach it; you can’t find it in most of the maps […]

Confessions of a Woman, Maryanne Samy, Egypt

Published: January 20, 2016
Categories: in Arabic, English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: egypt, gender equality, identity, Society, traditions, women, women rights

My first confession The day: January 17 The year: 2016 It’s 5:16 am my time I am waking up from a nightmare right now I haven’t been a good “woman” in society here I have repelled every social norm, I broke every rule And I confess now that the worst drawback in my country is […]

A short dress is more dangerous than a knife, by Houda Laabadi, Morocco

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Past Special Editions
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Tags: catcalling, gender equality, morocco, tolerance, women rights, yala young leaders

I had just spent what I consider one of the best moments of my life: I went to the concert of one of my favorite bands with a group of amazing friends. It wasn’t extraordinary! It wasn’t life changing. But I felt alive, and that’s all that really matters. I took the tram to return […]

Like a woman in the Cairo metro by Ramah Aleryan, Egypt

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Past Special Editions
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Tags: activism, catcalling, egypt, gender equality, sexualharrassment, women rights, yala young leaders

I graduated from the African Leadership Academy in June 2015. I found that going to college this year was not the right step for me so I decided to take a gap year in Egypt. I still I don’t know if I regret this decision or not. I came to Egypt mainly to be involved […]

Being a woman in misogynist society by Wini from Sudan

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Past Special Editions
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Tags: gender equality, men, misogynist, sudan, tolerance, traditions, women, yala young leaders

Your roles in this life have limited your abilities and justify that your capabilities will not be greater than men’s. This is a system that has become naturalized, therefore everything is previously prepared and drawn out. You just have to say yes and fall in line, that’s what is available for you to perceive and […]

Feminism, the other F word by Daniel Gal, Israel

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Past Special Editions, Tolerance
Comments: 1 Comment
Tags: education, Feminism, gender equality, israel, women, womenandmen

Two days before I started my first year at University, my older sister invited me for a coffee and a talk. She has been my mentor since childhood; for every milestone or big step I took in life, she was the first person I would turn to. We were sitting and chatting about the near […]

Headliner by Asma, Sudan

Published: October 6, 2015
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
Comments: 2 Comments
Tags: egypt, gender equality, tolerance, women rights

They won’t give me a platform to speak on Females don’t headline nor sell out halls I’m a woman Giving me an audience to share my views with would be a mistake I’d address issues of race, violence and challenge the perception of gender roles I’d tell stories unheard and unspoken Of how I dared […]

Story of Persecuted Women of Colour by Ala Oueslati from Tunisia and V. Mcentee from England

Published: September 27, 2015
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: black women, discrimination, Feminism, gender equality, history, prejudice, racial discrimination, racism, sexism, skin, tunisia, women of colour, women rights

This blog post is a collaboration between Ala Oueslati and V. Mcentee History has proven that women all over the world have always been subject to discrimination, rejection, marginalization, and perfectly-shown misogynistic attitudes in all aspects of life. Even in the societies that have achieved remarkable progress in human rights and gender equality, women are […]

Bochra | Tunisia – photo essay –

Published: July 7, 2015
Categories: in Media, Photo Essays
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Tags: gender equality, tunisia, women, YaLa Photo Essay

I have chosen to address the issue of gender equality because Tunisian women are considered freer than their counterparts in other Arab countries.

Confiscated Dreams In An Unknown Village by Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia

Published: March 12, 2015
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: education, gender equality, tunisia, yala young leaders

When this picture was taken, I was a kid who had absolutely no idea about the future and how life would turn out for her and for these two little girls whom she met one day in the countryside. But first things first; you are probably already wondering: who are these little girls? They are: […]

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