Written by: MILKA FIJALKOWSKA Journalist, Reporter TVN24 Saturday, 5:40 pm we were sitting in a police van, one of the girls counted that there were seventeen of us. It was hot, there was not enough air, one of the girls was struggling to catch her breath. I looked at Hayat, she was terrified. She was [...]
Written by: Nadia Ahmad Journalist, writer and producer July 29th, 2023, it was a Saturday afternoon when I first heard the calming voice of Hayat Mirshad. Although I had heard of Hayat and her activism, I had never met or spoken to her. At the time, weekends were the harshest on me. I was yet [...]
Source: FEMALE organization Despite the increased backlash against the feminist and LGBTQ+ movement in Lebanon, on Saturday, September 30, 2023, a group of 30 associations, organizations, and media and human rights institutions, among them, FEMALE, aimed at organizing a march under the title “Freedoms March”, during which a significant violation of freedoms occurred. This march [...]
