Gender

Our ancestors, who were often perceived as “ignorant” or “uncivilized” by colonists and western powers remain a model example of living in harmony with nature.

Among other things, Gaza has exposed, once and for all, the neoliberal feminism that either stood idly by and watched, or actively contributed to the genocide.

What changes when we walk in different cultural and political contexts? Which (un)privilege do certain bodies have to walk and wander? Dina Mohamed departs from her own embodied experience to explore these questions.

From menstrual precariousness to women in prisons, a journalism network comprised of women from several countries around the Mediterranean Sea, discusses women’s challenges and struggles from within a feminist lens, in Arabic, English and French in addition to other Mediterranean original languages.

The author reflects on identity as a trans man, in a time where pain and anger toward the unfolding massacre in Palestine should be silenced.

Queerness, homoeroticism, femininity, sexualities between Arab women as reviewed in transnational Arab literature, art, and film, are addressed in Mejdulene Bernard Shomali's outstanding book.

In the past few months, several feminists collectives have reunited in transnational assemblies, formed by a plurality of voices from different countries, to reflect on the ongoing massacre in Palestine in relation with Global South's common colonial injuries and struggles, and to demand a permanent ceasefire.

Israel has increasingly consolidated its weaponization of women’s and LGBTQ rights in its genocidal war on Gaza through a massive campaign of disinformation and propaganda.

Last June in Berlin, an internationalist gathering took place, Beyond Equality: Feminisms Reclaiming Life. Three days of discussions and sharing to reaffirm that feminism is alive and present. 

A space for music and discussion, SAOT Festival in Berlin is the sound and voice of Palestinians and people from SWANA countries gathering for intersectionality and social change. An interview with one of its co-organizers, Diana Nazzal.

From the war of independence to the 2019 popular movement, the intersectional feminist Amal Hadjadj reflects on the history of feminism in her country, Algeria. New and older generations’ different orientations and priorities, in search for a common ground.

Farah Youssef talks to herself, and to the readers, tracing her feminist path through revolution, exile, activism.

An interview with Jiyan Group about the revolutionary uprising in Iran.

The Lina Ben Mhenni feminist school is a space where we engage in self-discovery, while we also embark on a collective journey, which lead us to see the Other within ourselves, and simultaneously to see our different and similar realities from an intersectional perspective.

In this article, my concern is not to criticize and compare the different tools per se. I am rather more interested in reviewing the concept of justice, and its intended purposes in these feminist circles, which I am a part in one way or another.

An Interview with Lina Isma’il.

Feminist praxes and ideas in the 21st century: experiences from Palestine, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Algeria.

“Dear Jina! You will not die. Your name will turn into a symbol”, Jina's family wrote on her tombstone. Her name was then repeated all around the world in streets and cyberspace to encapsulate the density of the revolution: its magical moment.