Living Biologically The name is Khitam (ending) because heaven forbid my father's manly pride is insulted ever again with another daughter. A third boy was all he wanted. Having four daughters already, he hoped for a boy. In 1973, during the October war in Egypt to liberate the Suez Canal, my father wanted to take my brothers outside to show them the zionist air fighters headed for Egypt. None of my ...

  My experience with sexual assault has felt nothing short of discredited, marginalised and discarded. I wasn’t molested by thugs in Cairo, abused in Tripoli or persecuted in the Gulf. I haven’t made any public statements, written any books or stood for ‘the fight.’ I haven’t even told my best friend, or even worse, my own mother. But I was sexually assaulted. And it matters. And I matter. And that is ...

  I have always been with the uprising of women in the Arab world. Here is my story: I am a law student and I got a scholarship for a two week trip to Europe as a reward to my good grades. I was very proud of myself but, unfortunately, i can't say the same about my mother. She said that i needed to take my brother's permission first, who is only a few months older than me. When he said that i could go, ...

I'm 19 years old, heading toward 20. I have a tiny story that needs to be share with someone who will surely understand; someone who can also give me some valuable advice. It happened a few years ago, at the Dentist's. I was getting my teeth fixed. The Dentist was a kind one; loving, over-friendly. He was divorced and had two children --so he said. I was fond of him, enjoying the appointments no matter how ...

This has just happened to me,I thought i'd share. I was in the bus, it wasn't that crowded, when i noticed that this man was rubbing him self against me from behind, its not like its the first time this happens to me in public transport, actually it happens so often that it doesn't bother me as bad as it did before, which is sad actually. Anyway, I immediately jumped on the first chair i found available, I ...

About an hour ago, and after a sad visit to my sick Uncle, my sister and I were walking down King Faisal main road and waiting for our ride. 3 boys "from their clothes I could tell they were respectable and younger than I am" The first guy came and harassed my sister, he got too close to her so she pushed him away and yelled, he got a bit further away from us. The other two boys though kept going, so we sta ...

I am a girl from Gaza, I am 27 years old and I work for a private company. My family are well know in Gaza....anyways my story begins in 2009 with a colleague in my company, I used to see him as an older brother to me, but unfortunately he turned out to be a sick and mentally ill person who has never seen anything in his life. More importantly he claims that he is religious and he went to Al Haj Twice !!! O ...

كثير في حكي ممكن أقوله وأحكيه وأبرر ليش أنا مع انتفاضة المرأة في العالم العربي. وصدقوني إذا ببلش مستحيل حدا يقدر يوقفني قد ما أنا مقهورة. بس رح أحاول أحكي بأختصار. مش رح أقول القصص إلي صارت معي وإلي واجهتني من ذكور عيلتي إلي بعتبروني "قليلة أدب" لأني بحكي بحقوق المرأة وبحكي إنه مش من حق أي ذكر يقتل انثى بسبب شرفهم المزعم! وإنه ما حدش شرف حدا، كل واحد شرفه حاله! رح أحكي مجموعة قصص صارت بحياتي، أولهم إنه مرة ...

I was thinking of sharing my story since the beginning of this campaign but I didn't have the courage, maybe because what happened with me is not as ugly as the other stories shared. But a few days ago something happened to me that brought everything back to my memory and made me share. My aunt asked me why don't you ever say hi to this person (a molester). For a brief moment I didn't know what to say. I ha ...

I am a secular person and I don't follow any religion. A girl and I, who is secular as I am and doesn't follow a certain religion, loved each other (like all the lovers say) in a way no one else have loved. The problem was that she is from a different religious sect than mine. But...no.. neither me nor her belonged to any religion or followed any sect. So let me rephrase...Me and her were from different rel ...