"Some countries have good laws, laws which could……" — Shereen El Feki
"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 license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens."
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Shereen El Feki
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16 Quotes by Shereen El Feki
Shereen El Feki has 16 quotes on this site.
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The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live…
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Why, in our age of science, [do] we still have laws and policies which come from an age of superstition?
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HIV brings out the best and the worst in humanity, and the laws reflect these attitudes.
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If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.
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The achievement of Tahrir Square wasn’t just its grand political movement but the tiny personal battles fought and won against…
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Where you criminalize people living with HIV or those at greatest risk, you fuel the epidemic.
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Where I work, in the Arab region, people are busy taking up Western innovations and changing them into things which…
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4Shbab has been dubbed Islamic MTV. Its creator, who is an Egyptian TV producer called Ahmed Abu Haiba, wants young…
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Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern.
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Now there are laws in many parts of the world which reflect the best of human nature. These laws treat…
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Laws that treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk with respect start with the way that we…
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Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family…
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