Mona Eltahawy

I know Obama knows better than George W. Bush.

— Mona Eltahawy

As a U.S. citizen, I cherish the First Amendment.

— Mona Eltahawy

Authenticity has never been Barbie's strong suit.

— Mona Eltahawy

Muslim views are not a monolithic blob.

— Mona Eltahawy

I have chosen not to have children.

— Mona Eltahawy

I was never one for dolls.

— Mona Eltahawy

Being a woman anywhere is dangerous.

— Mona Eltahawy

I grew up looking at my parents as equals.

— Mona Eltahawy

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

— Mona Eltahawy

The Right is incredibly deft at getting earnest about all the wrong things.

— Mona Eltahawy

Too many have rushed in to explain the Arab world to itself.

— Mona Eltahawy

Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and militarism are inherently patriarchal and hierarchical.

— Mona Eltahawy

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

— Mona Eltahawy

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

— Mona Eltahawy

The military belongs in its barracks, not our ballot boxes.

— Mona Eltahawy

I am horrified by the moral amnesia that develops when a dictator dies.

— 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.

— 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…

— Mona Eltahawy

Good riddance, Bin Laden - an unwelcome squatter in the house of my religion who tore down all the walls and was…

— Mona Eltahawy

It is the harassers and assaulters who make us 'look bad,' not the women who have every right to expose crimes against…

— Mona Eltahawy

I abhor the rightwing Muslim ideology behind the veils, but I equally abhor the political rightwing xenophobes of Europe.

— Mona Eltahawy

I was 15 when my family moved to Jidda from Britain in 1982. Living in Saudi Arabia was such a shock to…

— 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…

— 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

A source of embarrassment for Libyans, Gadhafi has never been a joke: disappearances, a police state, zero freedom of expression, and poverty…

— 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

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

— 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.…

— Mona Eltahawy

We have been under military rule since 1952, when a group of army officers overthrew Egypt's monarchy and ended Britain's occupation of…

— Mona Eltahawy

Anti-U.S. sentiment has been born out of many grievances - support and weapons for such dictators as Mubarak, unquestionable support for Israel…

— Mona Eltahawy

Until the Saudi authorities who administer the holy sites take concrete steps to protect female pilgrims, we must protect each other. Men…

— Mona Eltahawy

We left Egypt when I was seven, and we didn't return until I was 21. My teen years were divided between the…

— Mona Eltahawy

My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor…

— Mona Eltahawy

Slavish obedience to the clerics, who know how to squeeze every last drop of advantage out of religion, is killing our girls.…

— Mona Eltahawy

I'm a survivor. I'm a messenger.

— Mona Eltahawy

I'm here to confuse you. Confusion is my right and left hook.

— Mona Eltahawy

The most subversive thing a woman can do is talk about her life as if it really matters.

— Mona Eltahawy

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

— Mona Eltahawy

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

— Mona Eltahawy

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

— Mona Eltahawy