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  Saadia Mufarreh   Date of publication: 9 September, 2015 Comment: Protests against corruption in Lebanon have revealed a different type of corruption; in the minds of many men, including alleged liberals, when it comes to their views of women.   Lebanese women have gone out to protest on the …

  My generation saw Gulf women rising from ground zero to remarkably high levels of education, accomplishment and wealth. by Saadia Mufarreh 8 Mar 2019 Massouma al-Mubarak, Aseel al-Awadhi, Rola Dashti and Salwa al-Jassar celebrate being elected to the Kuwaiti Parliament on May 19, 2009. [File: Reuters/Stephanie McGehee] Over the …

  23 Jun 2015 – 0:00 By Saadiah Mufarreh I will tell you an old joke, so do not laugh too much. Here it is: Once an American told an Arab: “The system of government in my country gives me political freedom so that I can stand in the garden …

  Saadia Mufarreh   Women are not the only victims of the various forms of sexual harassment that exist in our societies. Some twisted people even sexually harass children, and according to studies, there are women who harass men. However, the most prevalent form of sexual harassment is carried out …

Saadia Mufarreh I am a journalist by profession. I have been working in this job for 25 years, since before I graduated from university and although my work has been tiring, it has never been boring. Other people call this profession “looking for trouble” but journalists call it “the majesty”. In …

By Saadiah Mufarreh Youssef Zidane, a writer and novelist, was obliged to return to the traditional logic of some Arab intellectuals with regard to their views of the Gulf and its people, when he wanted to praise the Sultanate of Oman, which apparently dazed him during his recent visit and …