Arab women

Sex and society in a changing Arab world

By Alexandra Glynn There’s nothing like the subject of sex to get a room of adults giggling, as Shereen El Feki proved when she came to talk about her new book, Sex and the Citadel at The Frontline Club on Tuesday 16 April. Speaking to columnist and broadcaster, Jenni Russell, the former Economist writer and Al Jazeera […]

FULLY BOOKED #FCBBCA: Women of the revolution

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The uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa were a time when the ‘revolutionary Arab woman’ grabbed the attention of the western media.

The fight for women’s rights didn’t begin with the Arab Spring and has gone on without the attention of the world’s media. We will be bringing together some of the women who took part in the Arab Spring and those who have been working to promote women’s rights to discuss if the revolutions have been good for women.