“A divorced woman is a present, a married woman a gift from heaven!” said the young cab-driver who took me home after a long and tiring day. I…
A few days ago we published the first article by Dutch-Iranian writer/journalist Nafiss Nia. Here’s the second installment in her articles about Kurdistan. Sex in Kurdistan #2…
Suddenly it occured to us we didn’t do a news round up from Turkey since… well forever! Which is a shame, as Turkey is one of the most…
At first they were very surprised at the huge amounts of condoms I would take with me to Kurdistan. Once an officer asked me what that was, pointing…
Two videos that show the emancipatory power of sports for women. The first one about women’s football in Ramallah (Palestine). A bit hesitant to post this, as in…
It seems our first post on Oral Sex has gotten some tongues to wag. Opinions have been posted on our Facebook page (feel free to add your voice)….
All the examples we wrote about in our last War on Women post where metaphorical. They didn’t speak of an actual war involving violent skirmishes and fights, though…
The Egyptian-American journalist and activist Mona Altahawy shocked the Arabic world by naming her article on the oppression of women “why do they hate us”, talking about Arabic…