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Mona Eltahawy

Mona Eltahawy
منى الطحاوي
Mona Eltahawy at MIT Media Lab's 2018 Disobedience Awards
Mona Eltahawy at MIT Media Lab's 2018 Disobedience Awards
Born (1967-08-01) August 1, 1967 (age 57)
Port Said, United Arab Republic
(present-day Egypt)[1]
OccupationJournalist
NationalityEgyptian, American
EducationThe American University in Cairo
Website
monaeltahawy.com

Mona Eltahawy (Arabic: منى الطحاوى, IPA: [ˈmonæ (ʔe)t.tˤɑˈħɑːwi]; born August 1, 1967) is a freelance Egyptian-American[2] journalist and social commentator based in New York City. She has written essays and op-eds for publications worldwide on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including women's rights, patriarchy, and Muslim political and social affairs. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the Miami Herald among others. Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy's first book, was published in May 2015. Eltahawy has been a guest analyst on U.S. radio and television news shows. She is among people who spearheaded the Mosque Me Too movement by using the hashtag #MosqueMeToo.[3][4][5][6]

Eltahawy has spoken publicly at universities, panel discussions and interfaith gatherings on human rights and reform in the Islamic world, feminism and Egyptian Muslim–Christian relations, among other concerns.

  1. ^ "Critical Voices 3 - Speakers - Details: Mona Eltahawy". The Arts Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ Ratnam, Dhamini (April 19, 2017). "I Complicate the Image of Muslim Women: Mona Eltahawy". The Wire. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Muslim Women Are Speaking Out About Abuse". Time. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. ^ Eltahawy, Mona (2018-02-15). "Opinion | #MosqueMeToo: What happened when I was sexually assaulted during the hajj". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. ^ "#MosqueMeToo: Women share experiences of sexual harassment inside religious places". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. ^ Amidi, Faranak (2018-02-09). "Muslim women rally round #MosqueMeToo". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

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