Women

Salt Journals: Tunisian women describe their country’s legacy of political imprisonment

A collection of accounts published by Syracuse University Press describes gendered repression that has disturbing parallels to the country today

What Israeli soldiers' display of Palestinian women's lingerie reveals about the Zionist psyche

Shereen Hindawi-Wyatt

For women in Gaza, every day is a desperate struggle to meet their most basic needs

Abeer Ayyoub

Mysterious death of 'blackmailed' student causes uproar in Egypt

Israel's war on Gaza

Western feminism's silence on Gaza lays bare its moral bankruptcy

Maryam Aldossari

Israel's war on Gaza

A new mother in Gaza: Pain and trauma of a caesarian without anaesthetics under bombs

Iman Farajallah

Israel's war on Gaza

Barbie's Oscars ‘snub’ is used to shine a light on suffering of Palestinian women

Taliban prevents 100 Afghan female students from boarding flight to Dubai

Women's World Cup 2023: Morocco's success inspires the region

Mostafa Mohamed

Qatari woman's escape to Britain video goes viral

Beyond the burkini: How there's more to modest swimwear than meets the eye

Egyptian women harassed for wearing modest swimwear causes social media outrage

Another woman killed as Turkey mulls abandoning treaty protecting her rights

'Silent pandemic': How MENA women are threatened online

Tunisia Politics

Tunisia's sex workers face 'moral crusade' and precariousness

From militants to student activists: The women who fought for Algeria

Saudi Arabia was ranked as the Middle East’s best country for women. This is how people reacted

Senior US House Democrat demands update on Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul

Saints, scholars and queens: The women who helped forge Islam

Haunted by online sexual harassment, Iraqi-Kurdish women fight back

Sudan bans female genital mutilation