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We Can Do It! (Lebanese style)
Apr 17th
In the spirit of the Creative Commons Salon in Beirut that took place on Friday (and which I sadly missed), I’ve played around with Lara Zankoul‘s amazing photography (original photos here) and made it into a “We Can Do It!” poster.
Don’t you just love the expression on her face?
Tick Me Twice, I’m Arab
Apr 11th
Panic over Arab travelers in New York City’s JFK airport is getting worse every time I pass through it. As soon as they see an Arab passport, the guard at the beginning of the security line ticks your boarding pass twice so that the guard at the screening machines can “randomly” select you for extra screening. In 2007, I was passing through San Francisco airport and was asked to step into a 1m x 1m glass room that sprays something on you for a second. This time, March 2010, leaving New York to Paris, after the CSW meeting, in JFK, More >
Another Stereotyping Billboard Campaign
Apr 5th
I now believe that ad agencies in Lebanon are trying to piss us off on purpose. Week after week, billboards with such strong gender stereotypes come out displaying women as petty and stupid. Using women as sex objects doesn’t piss me off nearly as much as portraying women as idiots. The latest example is Le Charcutier Aoun, a supermarket chain in Lebanon running a lottery contest for its customers to win millions of Lebanese Pounds. I myself am a customer of the Jisr El Bacha branch. The billboards portray characters explaining what they would do with the millions if they More >
Expressing Frustration Through Illustration
Mar 27th
The very talented (and extremely sweet) Maya Zankoul gave us a workshop at Nasawiya on how to express our feelings & document our everyday life through illustration. Those of us (like me) who lack the talent and finesse can still use basic drawings to deliver messages. It is not the sophistication of the artwork but the ability to communicate a message powerfully that counts. During the workshop, Maya asked us to draw an incident that bugged us, so I drew a true story that happened to me & Ran last week. Yes, 3am darib 3ala Maya Zankoul Enjoy!
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Feminisms in the Middle East and North Africa: Theory, Practice, and Realities
Mar 18th
I will be speaking at this conference tomorrow – just realized it will be open to the public, so come along if you’re interested!
The Global Fund for Women invites you to attend the conference “Feminism in the Middle East and North Africa: Theory, Practice, and Realities” of its Advisory Council Members of the Middle East and North Africa. The Conference will bring together GFW Advisors, experienced women’s rights activists in the MENA region, to collectively analyze and present the challenges, problematic, opportunities and success of the women’s rights movements. The conference will be held at the Sun Meeting Room in More >
The Lebanese Nationality Law Will Pass Today!
Mar 7th
Good morning, Lebanon! And Happy International Women’s Day! I am writing from New York city, where I have been attending sessions at the 54th Commission for the Status of Women. Rumors had been going around since last week that the Lebanese government is going to pass the amendment to the nationality law, granting women the right to pass on the Lebanese nationality to their children and husbands. And the rumors turned out to be true! They are passing the law today!!
Taken from Nationality Campaign's Blog
What a coincidence, just yesterday I attended a panel by WLP with two prominent Arab feminists More >
@naeema’s workshop
Feb 20th
Some pics taken by the awesome @69mirs from @naeema‘s fantastic workshop on optimizing images for the web at Nasawiya happening live right now. Special thanks to @monajem and @smexbeirut for lending us the projector.
@naeema is very funny when giving workshops
participants learning how to optimize images
me laughing so hard at @naeema's workshop jokes
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