All Shereen El Feki Quotes
- 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 begins… Arcane
- Why, in our age of science, [do] we still have laws and policies which come from an age of superstition? Age
- HIV brings out the best and the worst in humanity, and the laws reflect these attitudes. Attitude
- If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book. Book
- The achievement of Tahrir Square wasn’t just its grand political movement but the tiny personal battles fought and won against the frictions wearing down Egyptian… Achievement
- Where you criminalize people living with HIV or those at greatest risk, you fuel the epidemic. Criminalize
- Where I work, in the Arab region, people are busy taking up Western innovations and changing them into things which are neither conventionally Western, nor… Arab
- 4Shbab has been dubbed Islamic MTV. Its creator, who is an Egyptian TV producer called Ahmed Abu Haiba, wants young people to be inspired by… Abu
- Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern. Adapted
- Now there are laws in many parts of the world which reflect the best of human nature. These laws treat people touched by HIV with… Acceptance
- Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial… Citizens
- Laws that treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk with respect start with the way that we treat them ourselves: as equals.… Change
- Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations… Alexandria
- Civil society must be strengthened to help raise awareness among people living with HIV, and those at risk, of their rights, and to ensure they… Access
- The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. Alive
- 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… Ali