Like thunder her visit hits me. She moves constantly in all directions, throws her "how ya doin?" at everyone in her path. When asked how a Qatari speaks English so fluently, she responds promptly: "I studied in the States." Whenever she wants to tea

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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.  Indira Gandhi   The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Alice Walker             If we don't change, we don't grow. If we

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21 days to go. Before the day comes, there are 21 things I want to say to those who matter. Things I never had –or will have- the courage or chance to directly say to them… Very random, yet very important. 21: To the ones addressed below: You al

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                                               The abayya took different styles and meanings during my early life- prior London- in Doha. As a teenager I chose to wear it, although my father, and I

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The Tartan online: Carnegie Mellon's Students Newspaper: http://www.thetartan.org/2009/3/23/news/feminism Ever since it made its debut in feminist scholarship, the term “Islamic feminism” has been the topic of intense debate and scrutiny.

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Women conferences; women programs; women literature, women advertisements; women cars! And the list goes on and on…..   Are they doing us a favor by slicing up a space for us to have a dialogue with “ourselves”? Or are they just dividing t

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النسويّات المسلمات يميّزن بين الإسلام والمسلمين أمل محمد المالكي الدوحة، قطر - كيف يبدو أن لدين واحد - الإسلام - القدرة على إضعاف المرأة �

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