There is a trend that has recently hit social media: this trend involves posts, comments, and tweets, surrounding the ideal of manhood, and what it truly…
Author: Rana Elhawary
Rana Elhawary
Rana studied Political Science and Women & Gender Studies, this pretty much means she has something to say about anything and everything, even when she really shouldn’t! She is a serious insomniac, an intense reader, and a firm believer in the power of sarcasm. She has no aspirations towards becoming a politician, but she tends to throw around the “F” word -Feminism – a lot.
With Eid here, we are still finding it extremely hard to kick away some things that we have gotten used to during Ramadan. Because we feel…
This article began as a piece on the topic of how I had learned from my own experiences, and the experiences of those around me that…
Earlier today, Sunday 18th 2017, the Secretary – General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit left Cairo for New York. Abou El Gheit…
A video has recently emerged on YouTube containing footage from an Islamic School in the United Kingdom; the footage indicates that the school is openly teaching…
Mental health is a topic that has always been debatable. In Egypt, especially, there is a wide variety of taboos and mythical misconceptions that exist surrounding…
The world woke to news of horrendous tragedy, as 35 people – mostly women – were found dead in the Philippines’ at Resorts World Manila, the…
I am going to leave aside all the Ramadan articles for now, and write this piece. This is an article that, to me, is long over…
On Wednesday May 31st 2017, an Iraqi man and a former Islamic Studies school teacher at Kingdom Schools, killed two teachers and a security guard working…
Ramadan is not only the month of new TV series, new TV shows, it is also the release month for a wide variety of TV advertisements.…