The issues of sexual harassment and gender-based violence have their deepest roots in a problematic conception of the notions of power and control. That means, when…
Author: Maria Munoz
Maria Munoz
Maria S. Muñoz holds an M.A in Middle East Studies from the American University in Cairo and a B.A in Oriental Studies from the University of Sevilla. She works for women’s rightsand writes about society and politics.
Police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, seriously wounded in a backyard boat. The oldest of the Tsarnaev brothers and first suspect was shot dead…
Tahrir Bodyguard is a group that was established through a Twitter account in late 2012 as a response to sexual assault and harassment during demonstrations in…
On Thursday, president Mohamed Morsi appointed the former Vice President Mahmoud Mekky as Egypt’s new ambassador to the Vatican. Morsi, previously appointed prosecutor general under Mubarak’s…
The Court of Cassation has accepted Hosni Mubarak’s appeal of his life sentence and has ordered the retrial of the former president and his former security…
According to Iranian state TV, Syrian rebels have freed 48 Iranian hostages kidnapped by Syrian rebel groups in August 2012, in the road that goes from…
According to unofficial data provided by the Muslim Brotherhood, the constitutional draft has been accpted in the first round by a narrow majority of the voters.…
Egypt’s opposition has called for protests on Sunday after the president’s decision of not rescinding the constitutional draft, as they demanded. Mohamed Morsi, who yesterday at…
Protests against the Constitutional referendum have gathered, once again, hundreds of thousands in the streets of Cairo. During Tuesday, there has been a big protest taking…
On November 29, 2012 the United Nations general assembly voted to upgrade Palestine’s status from ‘observer entity’ to ‘non-member observer state’. The assembly, formed by 193…