Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Happy International Women's Day!

I don't think that I'm the only woman in our discussion group who has been inspired by the democratic uprisings taking place in the Middle East and North Africa. Here are some feminist links related to that situation:

A few days ago, Naomi Wolf's opinion piece on The Middle East feminist revolution was posted by Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera also has a feature on Women of the revolution.

Truthout has cross-posted an article from Ms. on the role of  women in the uprising in Bahrain.

Back in February Democracy Now! posted an inspiring interview with Nawal El Saadawi. And finally, while it's not specifically about the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, here is Democracy Now's feature on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day:

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