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Unchaining Feminism By Ala Oueslati, Tunisia

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Being a feminist nowadays requires more than just believing and advocating for gender equality. It requires determination and patience in order to be able to confront the anti-feminist ideologies and stay true to one’s values. My name is Ala Oueslati, and I am a feminist and gender equality advocate from Tunisia. As we all know, […]
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Trapped in a dream of equality. By Houda Laabadi, Morocco

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I remember the first time I really thought about my condition as a woman in Morocco. I was in ninth grade and I had just finished reading what is still one of my favorite books today, “Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood” by Fatima Mernissi. What she said about the women of Scheherazade’s […]
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Being a woman in misogynist society by Wini from Sudan

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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 […]
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Say “NO” to gender equality ! by Mohamed Abubaker, Sudan

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If I believed in magic, I would have described women as extraordinary magical creatures, capable of doing extraordinary things that I, as a member of the opposite gender, find impossible and beyond my physical, intellectual & emotional abilities . It’s easy to point out that life, the greatest mystery of all, happens inside a woman’s […]
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