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“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, […]

Opinion | Arabic in Israel, by Adi Gura

Author: By Adi Gura, Israel
Published: February 1, 2021
Categories: in Arabic, Education, Friendship, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis
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Tags: Arabic, Culture, Friendship, israel, Relationship, Society

On the 23rd of March of 2011, a terror attack occurred in Jerusalem on the 74-bus line. I was reminded of this event when I opened my old diary and randomly stopped at the page that mentioned it. When I continued reading, I noticed that the tone of my writing was so emotional, I could […]

Opinion | Can Palestinians become less divided? By Alaa, Palestine

Author: By Alaa, Palestine
Published: January 17, 2021
Categories: in Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Identity, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Tolerance
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Tags: Divisions, Media, palestine, Relationship, Society, Solution

Can Palestinians become less divided? Since joining the Hebrew university 4 years ago, I started a long journey ofdiscovering new things, people, and cultures, which opened my eyes to the different views of Palestinians in their own eyes and the others’. I’m half Jerusalemite, was born and raised in the holy city and out […]

Fighting for my rights by E. – Palestine

Published: March 6, 2018
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity
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Tags: family, genderequality, palestine, Society, woman, women, women rights, womensrights

I want to talk about my story. A story of struggle of every girl who grows older and didn’t find marriage. I was the only girl in my family, surrounded by my brothers so I had to suffer a lot and fight for my rights. I couldn’t speak up because I was raised in a […]

A Pair of Tortured Eyes

Author: Widad Fakhr-Eddine, Morocco
Published: December 6, 2017
Categories: in Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights
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Tags: #thinkactyala, abortion, equality, family, genderequality, morocco, societies, Society, traditionalsocieties, traditions, values, women, womenempowerement

Our first encounter dates back to 2014 when we were introduced to each other by a common friend. I can hardly remember the conversation, in which I took almost no part, was about; I was too busy studying her eyes – they were as dark as a grave and looked greatly weary. But there was […]

Favoritism by AFNAN

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, English, Latest Articles, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: favoritism, opportunities, palestine, Society, youth

PALESTINE — Favoritism is a poem written by Afnan, an alum of the YaLa Citizen Journalism Program. I’m the child who is spending her Whole life catching stupid butterflies I remember when the teacher asked me What I want to be in the future, I answered A great Manager! Then, I noticed the innocent laughter […]

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

Published: November 29, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
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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 […]

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 […]

Next is Now by Hatim Bentahar, Morocco

Published: January 17, 2016
Categories: in English
Comments: 1 Comment
Tags: hope, Inspiration, life, Motivation, Passion, Procrastination, Society

So many of us chose or will choose their path out of fear. We think that what we really want is not achievable so we never dare to try. I know a lot of people who could have been so much greater than what they ever believed they could be. So instead of taking a risk, they made the […]

Tag: Society

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

Opinion | Arabic in Israel, by Adi Gura

Opinion | Can Palestinians become less divided? By Alaa, Palestine

Fighting for my rights by E. – Palestine

A Pair of Tortured Eyes

Favoritism by AFNAN

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

Confessions of a Woman, Maryanne Samy, Egypt

Next is Now by Hatim Bentahar, Morocco

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