• Interview with Nawal El Saadawi: “I Feel As If I’m Twenty”

    How do you feel right now? I feel great.  I feel as if I’m born.  This is the dream of my life, as if this is my day, you know, because I was dreaming of this, as I was oppressed all my life, all my life, as a writer, as a doctor, as a woman, […]

  • Egypt: Yasmine’s Hope for Tomorrow

    Yasmine, 22, recently graduated from Cairo University.  She plans to work in law and currently interns at the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA).  She deems herself an activist, but really, she says, she’s “just an Egyptian with a vision.” Imbaba, Cairo, Thursday, January 27 Yasmine: I love the idea of going to the […]