AL UMOBUWAH: PUTTING “MUM” INTO “PARENTHOOD”
Arabic, like a few other languages, contains a variety of words stemming from paternal-centered roots. The word “parenthood” (Al Obuwah) is one such word. Alt...
GENDER, SOCIETY & CULTURE
VOTE FOR US. WE’LL VOTE FOR YOU
In Lebanon, there was NO LAW to protect women from gender-based violence within the family. Kafa, a leading women’s rights NGO, drafted a law against Domestic...
SALT AND PEPPER FOR POP-CULTURE
In Lebanon, there are more women than men - 6 women for every man, to be more precise. Leo Burnett Beirut used this sociological fact to grow the business of ...
AN ODE TO ARAB FEMINISM
GENDER, SOCIETY & CULTURE The western media’s narrative of feminism and women empowerment, does position itself as incompatible with Islam and the Arab ...
SPEAK UP – UN WOMEN
GENDER, SOCIETY & CULTURE 47% of married Egyptian women suffer from domestic violence and 99% of all women suffer from sexual harassment. Females prefer...
The woman behind the veil
GENDER, SOCIETY & CULTURE To promote the card, we didn’t do a standard promotional or traditional campaign talking about how the card is good for women....