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Dear Anarcho-Feminist,
Nasreen (Vanessa) and I have written about multiple feminism in response to increase Islamophobia and xenophobia iin North America and Europe. We wanted to highlight the issues we face as anarcho-feminists and thus wanted to share it with you as part of submission. http://independent.academia.edu/VanessaRivera/Papers/1775858/Towards_a_Recognition_of_Multiple_feminism_The_Voice_of_Muslim_Women
Regards,
Ayesha & Nasreen
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Interesting article submitted to me about islamophobia and what you could call feminationalism, or colonialist feminism. Read and learn!
Hello, my brothers and sisters! Today I have something to discuss with you.
That thing is the idea of ‘bad feminists’.
By ‘bad feminists’ I mean feminists who are in porn, wear makeup, wear the Hijab, are stay at home mothers, etc.
What you need to understand is that all of…
Priest says Hell is an invention of the church to control people with fear
It’s not about being religious or non-religious any more, it’s about being human. The more the world grows in chaos, the more we are starting to focus on the peace and light inside everyone.
Incredible video….Now we are beginning to know what is really happening…..Please watch…
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from my sweet friend @marseelee on twitter….
Absolutely amazing.
![Egyptian Blogger Poses Nude to Protest Islamic Extremism
An Egyptian blogger posed naked in a series of pictures published on Twitter under her real name sparking mixed reactions among her followers. Some praised her move, while others left outraged comments.
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, only 20 years old and a student at the American University of Cairo, defines herself as “Secular, Liberal, Feminist, Vegetarian, Individualist Egyptian”. In a tweet, she said “I took my nude photo myself in my parent’s home months before I met @Kareemamer [her boyfriend] and I’m atheist since I was 16”.
According to Italian news agency Ansa, more than 100,000 people clicked on her blog to see the pictures. Elmahdy posted eight naked pictures on her blog under the title “fan a’ry’” (naked art). In some pictures, she appears with yellow bands covering her private parts.
She explains that “the yellow rectangles on my eyes, mouth and sex organ resemble the censoring of our knowledge, expression and sexuality.”
“I am echoing screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy,” she said.
“My view is that the veil is not a personal choice in Egypt, but the results of religious and social pressure,” she said in Facebook. “The women with head veil that I know wear it because of their families or because they don’t want to be beaten in the streets. I don’t see why they always dictate to women, and not to men, what they should wear.”
For this reason, Aliaa Elmahdy also supports a controversial Facebook event called “Men should wear the veil”. On Twitter, many people intervened in the debate created under the hash tag #NudePhotoRevolutionary.
“A feminist #Jan25 revolutionary posted her nude photo on the internet to express her freedom. I’m totally taken back by her bravery,” tweeted Ahmen Awadalla, who works in the field of human rights, health, sexuality and gender.
But some people fear that Elmahdy’s pictures might affect the revolutionary image. “Egyptian liberals will now be seen as pro-nudity, and that could really damage their election campaign,” said Ruwayda Mustafah, blogger for the Huffington Post and Global Voices.
Several prominent human rights groups in Egypt have turned down an invitation from the authorities to take part in discussions about the constituent assembly which will draft a new constitution. They say the government and the ruling military council must first “prove their respect for the dignity and rights of the Egyptian people”.
Egypt’s parliamentary elections begin Nov. 28 and will be held in stages. The new parliament is due to convene in January.
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/249534/20111115/egyptian-blogger-nude-protest-islamism.htm
submitted on facebook by a follower.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luz59essjm1qalzoqo1_400.png)
An Egyptian blogger posed naked in a series of pictures published on Twitter under her real name sparking mixed reactions among her followers. Some praised her move, while others left outraged comments.
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, only 20 years old and a student at the American University of Cairo, defines herself as “Secular, Liberal, Feminist, Vegetarian, Individualist Egyptian”. In a tweet, she said “I took my nude photo myself in my parent’s home months before I met @Kareemamer [her boyfriend] and I’m atheist since I was 16”.
According to Italian news agency Ansa, more than 100,000 people clicked on her blog to see the pictures. Elmahdy posted eight naked pictures on her blog under the title “fan a’ry’” (naked art). In some pictures, she appears with yellow bands covering her private parts.
She explains that “the yellow rectangles on my eyes, mouth and sex organ resemble the censoring of our knowledge, expression and sexuality.”
“I am echoing screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy,” she said.
“My view is that the veil is not a personal choice in Egypt, but the results of religious and social pressure,” she said in Facebook. “The women with head veil that I know wear it because of their families or because they don’t want to be beaten in the streets. I don’t see why they always dictate to women, and not to men, what they should wear.”
For this reason, Aliaa Elmahdy also supports a controversial Facebook event called “Men should wear the veil”. On Twitter, many people intervened in the debate created under the hash tag #NudePhotoRevolutionary.
“A feminist #Jan25 revolutionary posted her nude photo on the internet to express her freedom. I’m totally taken back by her bravery,” tweeted Ahmen Awadalla, who works in the field of human rights, health, sexuality and gender.
But some people fear that Elmahdy’s pictures might affect the revolutionary image. “Egyptian liberals will now be seen as pro-nudity, and that could really damage their election campaign,” said Ruwayda Mustafah, blogger for the Huffington Post and Global Voices.
Several prominent human rights groups in Egypt have turned down an invitation from the authorities to take part in discussions about the constituent assembly which will draft a new constitution. They say the government and the ruling military council must first “prove their respect for the dignity and rights of the Egyptian people”.
Egypt’s parliamentary elections begin Nov. 28 and will be held in stages. The new parliament is due to convene in January.
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/249534/20111115/egyptian-blogger-nude-protest-islamism.htm
submitted on facebook by a follower.
As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say, seriously? Do you want me to say, “It was a great plan, mwahahaha!” before I fly off on a magic carpet?
I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack - or to even think about doing it. But I didn’t do it. Neither did 99.999999999 percent of the roughly 1.5 billion people in the world who also call themselves Muslims. So why should I or any other Muslim apologize for what happened?
Nickleback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?
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