--- title: "1 Women Activists Quotes By Nadje Al-Ali" description: "1 Women Activists quotes by Nadje Al-Ali. Plus more from Nadje Al-Ali and more Women Activists sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/nadje-al-ali-63728_foreign-policy_the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-th_454559.jpg" --- > [“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. For decades, many Iraqi women activists in the US and UK had tried to raise awareness about the systematic abuse of human and women's rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-the-plight-of-iraqi-women/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/nadje-al-ali-63728_foreign-policy_the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-th_454559.jpg) ## More by Nadje Al-Ali > [“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. For decades, many Iraqi women activists in the US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-the-plight-of-iraqi-women/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) > [“It is much easier to condemn Islam and 'oppressive Muslim men' than to unpack the intricate relationships between global politics related to empire building…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/it-is-much-easier-to-condemn-islam-and-oppressive-muslim-men-than-to/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) > [“Facing a deteriorating economy and a weakening hold over the populace, the Iraqi state under Saddam Hussein opted to revitalize tribal leaders and conservative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/facing-a-deteriorating-economy-and-a-weakening-hold-over-the-populace/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) > [“Military intervention cannot liberate women because it is embedded within a set of assumptions, beliefs, and social relations that reinforce and reproduce gender inequality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/military-intervention-cannot-liberate-women-because-it-is-embedded/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) > [“The vast majority of funding in support of women appears to have been directed toward the training of women as participants in political, civil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/the-vast-majority-of-funding-in-support-of-women-appears-to-have-been/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women-activists/nadje-al-ali/#itemlist", "name": "1 Women Activists Quotes By Nadje Al-Ali", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. 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