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IFJ Welcomes Saudi Withdrawal on Decision to Flog Female Journalist
2009-10-27
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today welcomed the decision of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz decision to cancel a Saudi Court sentence ordering a female journalist to receive 60 lashe...

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How Palestinian women led successful non-violent resistance
Gadzo, Mersiha
Article
2018
Al Jazeera
Two women share their stories of how they peacefully protested during both Intifadas and challenged Israel's occupation.
I am not that Woman in a burqa
A Palestinian novelist remembers the liberated, educated women of her life, and how their freedom has been, and is being, curtailed.
Khalifeh, Sahar
Article
2015
Le Monde diplomatique
Palestinian novelist Sahar Khalifeh discusses growing up as a girl and woman in Arab culture, and how Arab women are represented in Western culture.
The Kurdish struggle - An interview with Dilar Dirik
Souvli, George
Article
2017
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Dilar Dirik interviewed by George Souvlis.
The Veil and Violence against Women in Islamist Societies
Namazie, Maryam
Article
2007
International Humanist and Ethical Union
The ongoing battle between the Islamic authorities and women over the veil clearly reveals why it has become a symbol like no other of the violence women face under Islam and why 'improper' or 'bad' v...
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight against Muslim Fundamentalism, by Karima Bennoune (Book Review)
Droeber, Julia
Article
2013
Europe solidaire sans frontieres
Karima Bennoune, a US-based law scholar raised in Algeria, has written an account of the stories of numerous people whose lives have been scarred by Islamic fundamentalism and who decided, using a var...


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