Women's eNews

Apr 19

“Tears would run down my face when I look back at the life we used to have and what has become of us; poor, depressed, stateless, abandoned, helpless and hopeless.”

Iraq’s Refugees in Jodran Live in Desperate Limbo http://womensenews.org/story/peace/120418/iraqs-refugees-in-jordan-live-in-desperate-limbo

Apr 17

“I could not get her to change her mind, although she was fully aware of the hazard of her mission. There was only one thing she could think of: the fact that more and more people will die if she did not get there and give them the right medication.”

Dr. Fadi on Sister Nanique’s work to save lives in Syria

Full story: http://womensenews.org/story/war/120416/syrian-nun-plays-key-role-in-medical-underground

Feb 29

“Cavemen” is the word she used on the radio a couple of months ago to describe the ultra-conservative Salafists at the University of Manouba, in a suburb of Tunis. Salafists were pressuring administrators to permit women to wear the niqab, a full face veil, to classes.

During the same radio interview the self-avowed secularist argued that few Islamists had ever tried to defend the rights of veiled women under the regime of the ousted president, Ben Ali.

Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-world/120228/tunisias-om-zied-stays-sharp-power-shifts