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Mona Eltahawy

Mona Eltahawy
Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning New York-based journalist and commentator and an international lecturer on Arab and Muslim issues. She was born in Egypt and has lived in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Israel but is currently based in New York. She is a board member of the Progressive Muslim Union of North America. She has written Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution (2016) and The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls (2019).


Mona Eltahawy: Civility Will Not Overturn the Patriarchy

One Man's Manners Are Another Woman's Oppression
September 19, 2019  By Mona Eltahawy
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Mona Eltahawy: How to Fight the Patriarchy

"I believe we’re going through a global feminist moment."
April 22, 2016  By Mona Eltahawy
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The World in 2050: Women in Power

"One of Areej’s first fatwas was to allow women to have multiple spouses."
May 11, 2015  By Mona Eltahawy
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