Most recent articles by Margot Badran
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The Muslim Brotherhood and Women's Rights in EgyptA Project of Patriarchal Extremism
In this essay, the historian and feminist Margot Badran outlines how the Muslim Brotherhood has called into question a UN document that seeks to end violence against women and with it the democratic achievements of the Egyptian revolution
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Debate about Female Genital Mutilation in EgyptThe Ongoing Battle for the Female Body
Although the forbidden practice of female genital mutilation has nothing to do with Islam, Egypt's Islamists are determined to have it legalised once again. The consequences for Egypt's women would be disastrous. By Margot Badran
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A Backlash of Patriarchy in EgyptHope for a Proper Revolution
The targeting of women in the Egyptian revolution – to make them know "their place" – was among the first shots fired by the counter-revolution. Yet they fight on. A viewpoint by Margot Badran
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Islamic Feminism in Iran
Equality at Half Mast
Zanan Magazine, a reform-minded feminist magazine in Iran, has been active in promoting women's rights for the last 16 years. Now authorities revoked its license. On Zanan's so-far achievements