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I have been made aware of two penises on trains recently. One on a train in England, and one on a train in Italy. I read about some of the experiences of women in Egypt on the BBC news site posted by SM last week, who had all been assaulted in the street. And it made […]

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Women and sexual harrassement seems to be the hot topic of the year. Despite of all the efforts exerted by the various civil societies in Egypt, sex offenders simply continue their sick attitude and in most cases, wander freely without punishment.
According to BBC’s recent survey, 4 out of 5 women in Egypt are sexually harassed! […]

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Those who thought the singer who entertained thousands last week in Martyrs Square was Lebanese are mistaken.
Indeed, Mika was born in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother: Lebanese law does not allow Lebanese women to pass down nationality to their children.
So the brilliant artist who should be (and would like to be) […]

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Cet article est paru dans L’Orient-Le Jour du 25 juillet - par Victor FLEURY

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Stéphanie est née au Liban, il y a 25 ans, d’un père français et d’une mère libanaise. Cette jolie jeune fille vit depuis quelques […]

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Cette lettre ouverte a ete ecrite par Youssef, de mere libanaise et de pere irakien. Les femmes au Liban ne donnent la nationalite libanaise ni a leur mari ni  leurs enfants…
J’ai 31 ans, je suis né et je vis au Liban. Ma mère est libanaise et mon père, décédé, était un Irakien chrétien assyrien, […]

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1- La tenue traditionnelle d’un circoncis

2- La circoncision

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62% of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women. And who is to blame for the maltreatment? 53% of men say women. 83% of Egyptian women reported having been sexually harassed. Nearly half of them said the abuse occurred daily. Only 2.4 percent of Egyptian women reported it to the
police, with most saying they did not […]

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Dimanche 29 juin, un millier de personnes s’est réuni à Istanbul, sur la principale avenue piétonne de la ville, Istiklal Caddesi, pour la traditionnelle marche de la fierté gay et lesbienne.

Cette année, la marche avait un goût particulier… très gaie et colorée contrairement à la situation sur le terrain. La principale association de gays, lesbiennes, […]

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To be a working mother or not to be?

  
The image is a familiar one. “I wake up early in the morning, I prepare the breakfast for my family, I get the children ready to school, pack their lunches, go to work and after a tiring day, I try to devote as much time as I […]

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Throughout history, women have played a significant and positive role in communicating with one another across cultural divides, but in today’s increasingly interconnected but troubled world, they need to expand that role to ensure that their voices are heard in all arenas and on all critical issues of international life. To help ensure […]

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