LEBANESE MP ATTACKS A FEMINIST ACTIVIST: “WE’LL GIVE HER A BURKU’ TO WEAR!
The following statement has been penned by members of Fe-Male, one of FRIDA’s grantee partners from the Middle East & North Africa region. It is a young feminist group based in Beirut, Lebanon. A Lebanese lawmaker has caused an uproar among activists following a statement in which he suggested that women are sometimes to be [...]
Huffpost writes: Legal Battle Dogs Lebanese ‘Fe-Male’ Journalist
Lebanese journalist Hayat Mirshad, at loggerheads with TV personality Tony Khalife over social media posts in which she accused him of being a sexist advocate of domestic violence, is in legal hot water. She was enraged after Khalife on three occasions seemed to side with violent men against abused women. No surprise since Mirshad is [...]