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Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-70918204941481953562013-03-06T11:39:00.000-08:002013-03-06T11:43:28.279-08:00Syrian Refugees Expose Egyptian Racism!
A refugee is
a person who fled their country for fear of prosecution, conflict, disaster, etc. Many leave their
countries due to political, religious, ethnic, or gender-based persecution.
Depending on the country of arrival, refugees facing various obstacles; those
could be legal barriers, or economic issues as it's difficult to find a job in
the new country, or could be related to Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com172tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-44994492190362188062012-10-24T20:17:00.000-07:002013-05-21T07:10:08.618-07:00Masturbation, aka, self-love!A couple of nights ago,
a screening of a documentary focusing on Masturbation as part of independent
cinema event took place. I couldn’t have missed such event where a glimpse of
sexuality-related debate was to be held! The documentary was called “Secret As
Usual” سرية كالعادة which is wordplay for the term Secret Habitالعادة السرية which is how masturbation is usually referred to
in Egypt.
Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-74936949142736467912012-10-17T16:26:00.001-07:002012-10-17T16:35:35.648-07:00Stop harassment: It's not sex, it's oppression!
It was Eid celebrations once again, Eid has become notorious
for waves of sexual harassment
whether downtown Cairo or elsewhere, or even in other governorates which we
hardly know anything about.
Things were different this time. Various initiatives and announced they are
stepping up their response and trying to deal with sexual
harassment. There were attempts to document and stop Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-31118442147226448632012-09-22T11:58:00.000-07:002012-09-22T17:03:21.465-07:00Time has come for Egypt's youth
Although Egypt’s revolution was heavily catalyzed by youth, little has
changed for them. In Egypt, we have a very youth population. This means
that young people make up the biggest share in the country’s population;
40% of Egyptians are between ages 10 and 29. While many like to portray
that as a burden for the country, it is actually a huge untapped
resource. Investing in those young Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-30667727247816750482012-09-02T10:04:00.000-07:002012-09-02T10:04:23.555-07:00فلنتوقف عن التحرش: إنه القهر وليس الجنس
وهل علينا العيد مرة أخرى وكالعادة لم يأتي
بجديد. موجات من التحرش الجنسي انتشرت سواء في وسط البلد بالقاهرة أو خارج وسط
البلد أو المحافظات التي قليلا ما نعرف ما يدور بها. الأمر كان مختلف قليلا هذه
المرة حيث كان هناك بعض المبادرات التطوعية التي حاولت رصد الظاهرة والتصدي لها،
وكانت التغطية الإعلامية أكثر تكثيفا حيث كان من الواضح أن كاميرات الصحافة مستعدة
لالتقاط صور من قلب الحدث. والجديد ايضا أن Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-9729109993114364342012-05-15T12:00:00.000-07:002012-07-12T18:30:55.492-07:00Lessons from Nubia!
The issue of Nubian rights is an often neglected and poorly
understood issue for public opinion. This is not a big surprise since Egyptians
did not get any education on that part of their country and it hardly ever surfaces
as part of the political discussion. Despite the active participation of
Nubians in and before the revolution; their efforts to highlight their cause
and their Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-57349662355095618472012-03-16T00:38:00.001-07:002012-03-16T11:41:26.189-07:00Rural women in Egypt: Can we afford to neglect them?
Various groups and minorities in
Egypt are discriminated against and marginalized. With all the mobilization and
debate happening in this post-revolution phase, one group has got very little attention
and spotlight. Which group in Egypt suffers from highest rates of illiteracy;
bears the heavy burden of utmost poverty; lack essential healthcare greatly
jeopardizing their lives; and is not Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-18215297167099348842012-02-12T19:40:00.000-08:002012-03-16T00:43:07.670-07:00Samira, the military and feminism!
On Wednesday February 8th, Egypt’s head of military
court has made a statement urging media outlet to halt the coverage on the “Virginity
Tests” case. This decision came at the backdrop of the unraveling court case
filed by Samira Ibhrahim. But who is Samira Ibrahim and why does the Military Forces want to ban publication on the
matter?
Samira was arrested in Tahrir Square during a Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-13337584620379343752012-02-05T07:15:00.000-08:002013-05-18T09:22:03.821-07:00يعني إيه منظمات المجتمع المدني؟
كلنا اليومين دول
بنسمع مصطلح "المجتمع المدني" والقضايا المتعلقة بالمجتمع المدني بتشغل
الرأي العام دلوقتي بشكل واضح. بس بالرغم من كده, كتير مننا مش متأكد قوي من معنى
"منظمات المجتمع المدني" أو ايه الفرق بينها وبين "منظمات حقوق
الإنسان" أو "الجمعيات الأهلية" ومش عارف بالظبط دور المنظمات دي.
وأكيد كمان عندنا تساؤلات حول أهدافها وتمويلها بالذات في ضوء اقتحام بعض مكاتب
لمنظمات حقوق إنسان في الفترةAhmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-86836060773053954412011-12-20T05:17:00.000-08:002011-12-21T00:13:25.326-08:00When Women Are Undressed!
In the
post-revolutionary Egypt, several women were undressed, whether willfully or
against their consent. A varying degree of uproar usually ensues. It’s really
curious to witness the frenzy that happens when women clothes are dropped.
The West (with all the implications and
connotations of this word) and Western media, obsessed as it with the oppressed
Arab/Muslim women, is usually Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-5132603821000503562011-11-08T19:28:00.000-08:002011-11-08T19:28:36.551-08:00Refugees in Egypt, a forgotten issue!
In Egypt, several issues do not have enough attention. Refugee
issues in Egypt are not usually publicly discussed and even if this happens, it
hardly goes in the right direction.
Due to its position, Egypt receives a lot of refugees and
asylum seekers who aim to stay in Egypt or only to transit until they leave to
another country. Those refugees and asylum seekers leave their countries Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-38802565279381260602011-10-27T19:14:00.000-07:002011-10-27T19:51:30.961-07:00Another Khaled Said in Egypt
Another horrendous incident happened today in Egypt. I don't know when those times of torture and violence will end. Essam Ali Atta, 23 years old, is one of the many thousands that were subjected to military courts despite being civilian. Those military courts started early on after the beginning of the revolution. Until now, justice is lost despite the outcry from different groups inAhmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-81625007664698022292011-09-15T07:16:00.000-07:002011-09-15T08:30:16.440-07:00AIDS and the revolutionAlthough I have written about HIV/AIDS in Egypt before, and despite the general attitude of avoiding this heavy subject, there's always a need to address it and discuss the situation of HIV/AIDS in the new context of Egypt.
January 25th revolution was basically about dignity and freedom. People revolted because they felt they're living under a police state that violated and humiliated citizens. Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-73672844151057624782011-08-17T17:47:00.000-07:002011-08-17T17:56:48.236-07:00Cottonil: The Underwear Controversy
Ramadan is here and already half way through. While some Egyptians think of it as a month of religious observance, family gatherings or festive meals; Ramadan can also be seen as the month of televised invasion!
Each year, all TV channels race to catch TV viewers’ attention with loads of TV series, comedy and talk shows. But in between all those shows, the thing that viewers see the most, and Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-76686826760713282682011-06-01T04:31:00.000-07:002011-06-01T11:30:41.477-07:00عذرية وطن
قتل الجيش فرحتنا عندما سمعنا عن الانتهاكات والتعذيب الذي تعرض له المتظاهرين من الشباب الذين قاموا بالثورة وشاركوا فيها أساسا بسبب انتهاكات الشرطة والتعذيب والملاحقة التي تعرض لها العديد من المصريين.
لم أنكر أقوال النشطاء عندما عرفت بقيام الجيش بعمل كشف عذرية للمتظاهرات اللاتى اعتقلن يوم 9 مارس الماضي ولكن تأكيد الخبر الذي نشرته وكالة CNN على لسان أحد قيادات العسكر المجهولين فتح الجرحAhmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-88917152808401679172011-05-28T13:26:00.000-07:002011-06-20T08:15:42.523-07:00Sexually Harassing Egypt's Revolution
Why is sexual harassment denialism so strong in Egypt? Is it not the right time to discuss it because we are having an unprecedented peaceful revolution? Or the patriarchy runs so deep to the point we ignore horrible incidents of mass sexual harassment?
During the revolution days, everyone was talking about how Tahrir Square was free from any sexual harassment. I wondered how anyone could Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-12578026843357488552011-05-23T06:37:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:03:39.190-07:00Dear SCAF, man up and handle some criticism!
When I first heard about the call to dedicate a day to blog criticizing the violations and the abuses by Supreme Council of Armed Forces, I didn't really think it would pay off. The day has kicked off and so far 160+ posts have been written. This has both inspired me to write and confused about what more I can add to what they have already said.
The SCAF claims to have sided with the people Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-12631843387508562502011-04-30T15:28:00.000-07:002011-05-03T08:50:50.197-07:00Opportunistic Islamists and women rights in transitional Egypt
As the revolution managed to throw down Mubarak’s dictatorship, women rights activists find themselves facing yet another threat to the status of women in Egypt. Activists have long been fighting the bureaucracy and the patriarchal culture, now they’re facing a brand new enemy.
Multiple protests have been recently staged in protest of the parents contact law which regulates the rights of Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-51417945356940840482011-04-17T14:01:00.000-07:002011-04-30T16:27:56.943-07:00Prophet Mohamed and Child Marriage?
Today, I was in Cairo University participating in a youth event for NGO employment and volunteering opportunities. I was happy to see so many youth interested in the reproductive health awareness initiative we’re doing. We were distributing booklets and flyers about those topics and things were going great and smooth until that guy showed up.
One of the flyers was on child marriage explainingAhmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-44132299383588323802011-04-01T20:11:00.000-07:002011-04-03T03:57:54.390-07:00The Shackles of VirginityEgypt and a lot more Arab countries are now witnessing an unprecedented case of vibrancy and mobilization in what is called the Arab spring. As I said before such state of revolution are not only political, but transcend it to personal barriers as well. It is at times like these when we should reconsider where we stand and where we want to be in the future.
Patriarchy is one of the biggest Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-75420496956577329762011-03-18T18:21:00.000-07:002011-06-20T08:18:27.432-07:00Do We Know How to Handle Sexual Harassment?
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Although I am still deeply agitated over what happened today at the women march today in Tahrir, I have to give my personal account as a male who went there to support women’s rally for freedom and democracy.
First, since the call for the march on Facebook, we have got a lot of negative comments either being sarcastic of the whole thing or others who want us to postpone it for later. I am Ahmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.com37