Mona Eltahawy

While the 2011 revolution did not remove the regime, it has shortened the seemingly endless patience that many Egyptians once had for…

— Mona Eltahawy

For years, despite my inner doubts, I represented to others my choice to veil as a feminist one.

— Mona Eltahawy

Authenticity has never been Barbie's strong suit.

— Mona Eltahawy

Being a woman anywhere is dangerous.

— Mona Eltahawy

In Saudi Arabia - recognized as one of the worst violators of women's rights - women outnumber men on university campuses and…

— Mona Eltahawy

For most of my life, the U.S. was never anything more than vacation memories.

— Mona Eltahawy

I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

— Mona Eltahawy

My parents' generation grew up high on the Arab nationalism that Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser brandished in the 1950s.

— Mona Eltahawy

That morning of 11 September 2001, as we watched the twin towers crumble on live television, America and I would develop a…

— Mona Eltahawy

To me, Egypt is a wonderful history, a wonderful people, and it's represented through artists like Om Kalthoum, who is considered the…

— Mona Eltahawy

Too often, when Muslim women speak out, some in our 'community' accuse us of 'making our men look bad' and of giving…

— Mona Eltahawy

This ISIS group, they attack Muslims more than they attack anyone else.

— Mona Eltahawy

The first time I wore a head scarf, I was 16. I looked and felt like a nun. I missed the wind…

— Mona Eltahawy

Too many on the Left are earnest about nothing at all, sadly. They've been rendered spineless by snarkiness - not least on…

— Mona Eltahawy

I am appalled to hear the defence of the niqab or burka in Europe. A bizarre political correctness has tied the tongues…

— Mona Eltahawy

To say that there is patriarchy in Arab culture is not denying women agency.

— Mona Eltahawy

I'm no fan of Sarkozy, but I support a ban on face veils because they erase women from society and are promoted…

— Mona Eltahawy

Feminism, as I see it, is not about counting women in key jobs.

— Mona Eltahawy

Selling out Saudi women is an old-established tradition.

— Mona Eltahawy

Nothing protects women from the patriarchy of military regimes.

— Mona Eltahawy

I was born in Egypt, and my family moved to London when I was seven. I grew up mostly in Clapham, where…

— Mona Eltahawy

Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.

— Mona Eltahawy

As Muslim women, we're not waiting for the president of the United States to open doors for us or to fight our…

— Mona Eltahawy

My brother, a cardiologist, was among thousands of Muslims visited by the FBI in November 2001 and forced to submit to special…

— Mona Eltahawy

I support freedom of speech - even Pamela Geller's right to her Islamophobic subway posters.

— Mona Eltahawy