"The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt……" — Shereen El Feki
"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 Egypt or Tunisia, Mubarak or Ben Ali, and in a number of other countries, does not mean that the father of the family does not still hold sway."
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Shereen El Feki
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16 Quotes by Shereen El Feki
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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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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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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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Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are…
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