Over a period of 4 months, Hayat Mirshad worked with Diakonia International to develop the capacities of its regional partners in the MENA on feminist principles and ethics, gender justice programming and context, and ensuring a feminist work environment. Following the capacity development phase, Mirshad worked on developing a guiding document to help partners put [...]
Feminists, journalists and authors from the Arab world have gathered virtually to pay tribute to the life and legacy of the late Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, the leading Egyptian feminist activist and writer who died on Sunday March 21, 2021 at the age of 89, and vowed her work would live on through the generations [...]
Young Egyptian TikTok stars have become the latest target of state authorities, who accuse them of spreading “immorality” in society. In recent months a popular group of female social media influencers has also drawn the ire of the government, and several have been arrested. This brought a big debate in the region on whether TikTok [...]
