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> [The most subversive thing a woman can do is talk about her life as if it really matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/the-most-subversive-thing-a-woman-can-do-is-talk-about-her-life-as-if/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

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## More by Mona Eltahawy

> [I defend a woman's right to cover her hair if she chooses, but the face is central to human interaction, and so the ideologues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-defend-a-woman-s-right-to-cover-her-hair-if-she-chooses-but-the/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [My birth at the end of July 1967 makes me a child of the naksa, or setback, as the Arab defeat during the June…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/my-birth-at-the-end-of-july-1967-makes-me-a-child-of-the-naksa-or/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [Saudi Arabia isn't just a conservative country with different values we shouldn't judge. It is a modern Gilead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/saudi-arabia-isn-t-just-a-conservative-country-with-different-values/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [I can write about my culture and religion because I am a product of both. Even when I'm accused of giving ammunition to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-can-write-about-my-culture-and-religion-because-i-am-a-product-of/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [“Why were women alone responsible for sheltering men from the sexual desires women supposedly elicited in men? Why could men not control themselves? Why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/why-were-women-alone-responsible-for-sheltering-men-from-the-sexual/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [Saudi authorities must launch a campaign about the safety of female pilgrims and the determination of the authorities to ensure every woman's safety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/saudi-authorities-must-launch-a-campaign-about-the-safety-of-female/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [For years I looked at the Iranians with envy - not at the outcome of their 1979 revolution, but because it was a popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/for-years-i-looked-at-the-iranians-with-envy-not-at-the-outcome-of/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [Bashar al-Assad's henchmen stomped on the hands of famed Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat. Our dictators tailor wounds to suit their victims' occupations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/bashar-al-assad-s-henchmen-stomped-on-the-hands-of-famed-syrian/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [When Mubarak does die, he will be remembered as the most bland of those military men turned dictators: compare him with Gamal Abdel-Nasser and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/when-mubarak-does-die-he-will-be-remembered-as-the-most-bland-of/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [As a Muslim woman, I'm all too familiar with the media shorthand for 'Muslim' and 'woman' equaling Covered in Black Muslim Woman. She's seen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/as-a-muslim-woman-i-m-all-too-familiar-with-the-media-shorthand-for/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [I am horrified by the moral amnesia that develops when a dictator dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-am-horrified-by-the-moral-amnesia-that-develops-when-a-dictator-dies/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [I left my husband a year after 9/11. Not because he was an American and I an Egyptian, nothing to do with culture or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-left-my-husband-a-year-after-9-11-not-because-he-was-an-american/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [I joke that one of the rare times Egyptians identify as African is when the national soccer squad is playing in the African Cup…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-joke-that-one-of-the-rare-times-egyptians-identify-as-african-is/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [I grew up in the U.K., and my parents are both doctors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-grew-up-in-the-u-k-and-my-parents-are-both-doctors/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

> [My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor or librarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/my-own-feminist-revolution-evolved-slowly-and-traveled-the-world-with/)

[Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/)

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