Secular feminists of the Muslim World In addition to the feminists we have translated (all translations here), here is a list of other authors you can read in English on the same topic: Karima Bennoune https://www.karimabennoune.com Maryam Namazie … Continuer de lire – Secular feminists of the Muslim World
Chahla Chafiq: ‘’Choosing the veil is not equivalent to choosing a lipstick.’’ Left-wing activist, Chahla Chafiq fled the Khomeini regime in 1982 to go into exile in France, where after a PHD she became a doctor and researcher in sociology. … Continuer de lire – Chahla Chafiq: ‘’Choosing the veil is not equivalent to choosing a lipstick’’
Chahdortt Djavann: « The veil is a physical and psycho-sexual violence inflicted on girls’’ Chahdortt Djavann’s father raised her « in love of books and hatred of the mullahs ». After the Islamic revolution in Iran, she was forced to stop reading great … Continuer de lire – Chahdortt Djavann: « The veil is a physical and psycho-sexual violence inflicted on girls’’
Hélé Béji: « The submission offered by the veil is a weariness of freedom. » Born in Tunis in 1948, Hélé Béji is a Tunisian writer and thinker, an essential pillar of intellectual life in Tunisia. She went to study at La Sorbonne … Continuer de lire – Hélé Béji: « The submission offered by the veil is a weariness of freedom. »
Zineb El Rhazoui: « The veil is a visual marking technique, not of those who wear it, but of those who do not. » Born in Morocco, a refugee in Europe and then a French citizen, Zineb El Rhazoui is an Arab … Continuer de lire – Zineb El Rhazoui: « The veil is a visual marking technique, not of those who wear it, but of those who do not. »
Fawzia Zouari: « There can be no Eastern or Western feminism » Born in Tunisia to a sibling of six sisters and four brothers, Fawzia Zouari is a doctor of French and comparative literature at the Sorbonne. Journalist and columnist at Jeune … Continuer de lire – Fawzia Zouari: « There can be no Eastern or Western feminism »
Sérénade Chafik: « Islamophobia has become the preferred verdict of the new inquisitors » Serenade Chafik was born in Egypt into a family of left-wing activists. She arrived in France at the age of 12 and then moved back to Cairo. Saved from FGM by her father, she nevertheless suffered the full force of her two successive marriages in Egypt, where her freedom was confiscated. In 1993, she fled to France but without her daughter Leïla, whom her ex-husband refused to let leave Cairo. In the spring of 2003, she went on a 29-day hunger strike to protest against her daughter’s imminent … Continuer de lire – Sérénade Chafik: « Islamophobia has become the preferred verdict of the new inquisitors »
Djemila Benhabib: « I am not ashamed to have been born a woman. I don’t have to apologize for that. I don’t have to hide from it.’’ Author, journalist, lecturer, Djemila Benhabib was born in Ukraine to a Greek Cypriot mother … Continuer de lire – Djemila Benhabib: « I am not ashamed to have been born a woman. I don’t have to apologize for that. I don’t have to hide from it.’’
Nadia El Mabrouk: ‘’Secularism is a great step towards freedom and emancipation.’’ Nadia El-Mabrouk is a Quebecker of Tunisian origin. She completed all her elementary and high school education in Tunisia, then her college studies in France. After her Ph.D. … Continuer de lire – Nadia El Mabrouk: ‘’Secularism is a great step towards freedom and emancipation.’’
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