The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. Just because we got rid of the father of the nation in Egypt or Tunisia, Mubarak or Ben Ali, and in a number of other countries, does… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and during my… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Why, in our age of science, [do] we still have laws and policies which come from an age of superstition? — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
In Egypt, where my research is focused, I have seen plenty of trouble in and out of the citadel. There are legions of young… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Growing up, I came to love Egypt and respect Islam, but I never thought to go beyond the surface. Back in Canada, many of… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Where you criminalize people living with HIV or those at greatest risk, you fuel the epidemic. — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Egypt, once a melting pot of peoples, classes, cultures and religions, has, after 30 years of Mubarak's rule, become a place of intolerance and… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Part of my job at 'The Economist' was writing about HIV, and that included the grim task of reporting on the state of the… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Fulla is the Arab world's answer to Barbie. Now, according to proponents of the clash of civilizations, Barbie and Fulla occupy these completely separate… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
I'm Egyptian and Muslim, but I grew up in the West, far from my Arab roots. I began 'Sex and the Citadel' to help… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
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