While the 2011 revolution did not remove the regime, it has shortened the seemingly endless patience that many Egyptians once had for military rule. Mona Eltahawy Read Quote
When we complain to Egypt’s Western allies about whichever autocrat is in power, we are asked, ‘But who is the alternative?’ It is a question designed to frustrate. Mona Eltahawy Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia. Mona Eltahawy Read Quote
Across the globe, fundamentalists of all religions are on one side, and their attitudes towards women and towards female sexuality are almost identical. Mona Eltahawy Read Quote
The price of toppling Gadhafi will be steep. But Libyans will topple him, and in doing so, they will bring down with him the castles of fear our dictators thought they had fortified. Mona Eltahawy Read Quote
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 Read Quote
A source of embarrassment for Libyans, Gadhafi has never been a joke: disappearances, a police state, zero freedom of expression, and poverty for at least a third of the population of country tremendously wealthy thanks to oil. Mona Eltahawy Read Quote
