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Mona Eltahawy

Egyptian Journalist

Born: Aug 1, 1967

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When I first read Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale,' it was Saudi Arabia as I knew it that came to mind, not a dystopian future United States as in the new television adaptation. Mona Eltahawy

Saudi Arabia isn't just a conservative country with different values we shouldn't judge. It is a modern Gilead. Mona Eltahawy

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I'm a survivor. I'm a messenger. Mona Eltahawy

Messenger Survivor

To write about the hijab is to step into a minefield. Even among those who share my cultural and faith background, opinions veer from those who despise it as a symbol of backwardness to those for whom religion begins and ends with that piece of cloth. Mona Eltahawy

We have been under military rule since 1952, when a group of army officers overthrew Egypt's monarchy and ended Britain's occupation of the country. But that only replaced an external occupation with an internal one, in which favored sons of the armed forces replaced their uniforms with suits, a move meant to create a semblance of civilian rule. Mona Eltahawy

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The military belongs in its barracks, not our ballot boxes. Mona Eltahawy

Military Our Boxes Ballot Belongs

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, like his most recent predecessors Mohamed Morsi and Hosni Mubarak, rarely mention the Sinai Peninsula other than to celebrate its liberation from Israeli occupation in 1982. Mona Eltahawy

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In 1993, I joined Reuters as a correspondent in its Cairo bureau. Mona Eltahawy

Correspondent Joined Bureau

The Tunisian revolution left every Arab dictator in fear; Egypt's toppling of Mubarak left them terrified - even one of the U.S.' best allies in the region could fall. Mona Eltahawy

Best Fear Fall Revolution Every Arab Allies Could Terrified Left Dictator Egypt Region Them Mubarak Even

As a Muslim woman, I'm all too familiar with the media shorthand for 'Muslim' and 'woman' equaling Covered in Black Muslim Woman. She's seen, never heard. Visible only in her invisibility under that black burka, niqab, chador, etc. Mona Eltahawy

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I was never one for dolls. Mona Eltahawy

Never Dolls

I am appalled to hear the defence of the niqab or burka in Europe. A bizarre political correctness has tied the tongues of those who would normally rally to defend women's rights but who are now instead sacrificing those very rights in the name of fighting an increasingly powerful right wing. Mona Eltahawy

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I defend a woman's right to cover her hair if she chooses, but the face is central to human interaction, and so the ideologues who promote its covering are simply misogynists. Mona Eltahawy

Woman Face Hair Promote Simply She Ideologues Cover Covering Human Interaction Central Chooses Who Her Right Defend

I abhor the rightwing Muslim ideology behind the veils, but I equally abhor the political rightwing xenophobes of Europe. Mona Eltahawy

Political Ideology Muslim Abhor Equally Behind Europe

Too often, when Muslim women speak out, some in our 'community' accuse us of 'making our men look bad' and of giving ammunition to right-wing Islamophobes. Mona Eltahawy

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Anti-black racism is not just an Egyptian problem. It exists in many parts of the Arab world. Mona Eltahawy

Racism Problem World Arab Arab World Parts Exists Egyptian Just Many

Feminism, as I see it, is not about counting women in key jobs. Mona Eltahawy

Women Key Feminism Jobs See About Counting

Some forms of veil are justified by the idea that you're not tempting men. Well how about men just behaving and keeping their hands to yourselves? How about, instead of criticizing how I dress, respecting me and my right to the public space? Mona Eltahawy

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