Islamists ban filming of movie at Ain Shams University, and in other news Adel Imam (star of Yacoubian Building) sentenced to three months in jail for his provocative roles on stage and in film: http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/648311 .
The book is titled The Road of Lost Innocence, while her name Somaly means the ‘necklace of flowers lost in the virgin forest’. Further in the post I will explain why I started with that realization. Mam begins the book mentioning that she has had many names throughout her life time. This is symbolic of … Read more
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This is a blog created by my friend, Habiba Ghanem. She created the blog to tell her story and experiences of wearing the hijab and also for her friends and family to share their stories too. It gives a beautiful, honest, first-hand perspective of wearing a hijab. http://hijab-ymo.blogspot.com/
Female genital mutilation is defined by the WHO as the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for nonmedical reasons. The practice causes severe pain and interferes with the normal functioning of girls’ and women’s bodies and has long-term consequences for women’s physical health. It is estimated that between 100-140 million girls are … Read more
Eastern Congo residents, including men and boys as, well as women, have faced violent rapes for many years by armed rebels who roam the hills and sometimes force chunks of wood and guns into their victims. In Bukavu, gender violence survivors can enter into a program called the City of Joy for six months which … Read more
Our class is discussing the book, The Road of Lost Innocence, by Somaly Mam. She was sold into sexual slavery as a child and for decades was shuttled through the brothels that make up the huge sex trade of Southeast Asia. At the heart of the book is a chronicle of the brutality faced by … Read more
NY Met’s pitcher,R. A. Dickey, is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for the Bombay Teen Challenge. Since 1990, Bombay Teen Challenge has worked to rescue and rehabilitate destitute and desperate people living on the streets and in the red light district of Mumbai. These include women trapped in prostitution through sex trafficking, their at-risk daughters … Read more
Two years ago, a monumental earthquake struck Haiti and killed 220,000 people, injured 300,000 and left a million people homeless. A recent CNN article documents how Haitian women at the local level are leading the way to recovery. Oxfam, for example, has trained 1600 women in literacy and budgeting skills so that they can obtain … Read more
A former student living in Turkey sent me this article which I thought you might be interested in : http://www.economist.com/node/21542162.