Sophie Ghaziri

Mind the gap: Lack of Arab women in the workplace

Women in the Arab world continue to suffer from low representation in the workplace. This week, Arab businesswomen gathered in London to promote and ...

Syrian child refugees struggle in Lebanon

Young Syrian refugees in Lebanon worry about their future, but there may be a sliver of hope. This week, Syrian students at a school in northern ...

Ritualistic mutilation of female genitalia a tragedy

The mutilation, cutting and alteration of female genitalia is a tradition that is still upheld in certain areas of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. ...

Tunisia’s battle with topless women

Femen, a leading women’s protest movement, has stirred chaos in Tunisia as it strives to support one of its activists. Everybody knows her as ...

Empower the Arab youth, expect a brighter future

At the Women Deliver conference 2013, I was given the chance to moderate a session on the Middle East and North Africa region. What came into focus ...

Women work against women in Afghanistan

Just this week, news broke that Afghan lawmakers blocked legislation that aimed to strengthen women’s freedoms in the country. The worst part ...

Lebanese women to gain political ground?

After gaining the right to vote and participate in elections in 1952, one would assume that more female politicians would be taking part in ...

The future generation of a war-torn country

The situation in Syrian refugee camps has taken a turn for the worse as poverty and morality is being breeched on a daily basis. Women are left ...

In the name of honor

Killing to defend or protect one’s honor is both traditional and archaic, but it still exists across the globe and, unsurprisingly, the main ...

The loss of innocence in Yemen

Yemen, a stunning country, rich in history and culture, suffers from the stigma of child marriage. Driven by poverty and a “traditional” ...

Afghan female education hangs in the balance

Afghanistan is still reeling from the U.S. invasion and its battle with the Taliban; however statistics show that one of the main achievements of the ...

Artistic resistance in the Middle East

When situations are unjust and oppressive then it is only natural that humanity should resist. What is taking place in the Middle Eastern at this ...

A Pakistani female warrior tests the limits

In this day and age access to information and an education can happen at a click of a button, whether it is on your laptop, smartphone or iPad. Women ...

The Jasmine flower that has yet to blossom

Over the last couple of days, the World Social Forum, which made its debut in Tunisia on Tuesday, has wrapped up amid ongoing women’s rights ...

Arab women and the ‘big screen’

In the Middle East, many women are still struggling to find their voice in society in order to obtain the respect they deserve politically, culturally ...

Where have all the Iraqi women gone?

Ten years have passed since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, yet the country still remains in tatters. The massive destruction caused by foreign occupation ...

Iranian women and their fight for equality

International Women’s Day was yesterday and in the run up, different types of women from different backgrounds have been staging events, ...

Arab Women must fight back

We are now supposed to be in the midst of celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the Arab Spring. However, there is a legitimate question of whether or ...

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