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An Inner Journey Facing Mortality by Emel Behlouli, Tunisia

Published: October 17, 2017
Categories: in Education, English, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: childhoodmemory, family, fatheranddaughter, Feminism, genderequality, girl, likefatherlikedaughter, memory, tunisia, women

It is still hard for me to put what I felt into words. It was the 29th of November, 2010. That day was dull and obscure. No life, no oxygen, and no heartbeats were felt. I was flying from New York to Birmingham, where I lived. I was alone with scattered thoughts. I was away, […]

In a men’s world by Haya Abimelech, Syria

Published: April 26, 2017
Categories: in Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Syria
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Tags: #yalaalumni, Alumni, childhood, Gender, girl, girls, syria, war

It all started where I lived: in Syria. Our neighborhood people were more traditional than those in other areas, so if you are a girl, you aren’t supposed to go out a lot or let strange men see you. I was a very rare case. You could see me at 10 years old, waiting for […]

Amazing changes are happening

Author: Wiem Alkkari, Tunisia
Published: December 28, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Tunisia
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Tags: empowerment, girl, strenght, tunisia, woman, women

I have experienced drastic changes throughout my life. My name is Wiem and I am from Tunisia.Since the events of 2011, I am not the same person before these events or after it. If you knew me before 2011, you would recognise me as a young, shy girl, who was quite isolated and lived according […]

Bravo, you work like a man! by Kaoutar Chahbane, Morocco

Published: December 28, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: education, gender equality, girl, morocco, traditions, women

Note: This is not a generalization, nor it is a hate letter.. This is a reflection on a reality, a reality that we cannot deny. The issue I want to talk about today happens everyday in our world. It’s not just ’in my city’ nor ’in my country’… Oh no, it is universal. In the […]

The Breaking Point Maryam Al-Kubati, Yemen

Published: December 28, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ
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Tags: empowerment, genderequality, girl, independence, woman, yemen

It was early September 2007; I had just received my exam results for my secondary school test (thnawiya alamma). I was overly excited for my future as my father had promised that I would be allowed to travel to Malaysia for my bachelor’s degree. I didn’t bother about the grades, after all, my father would […]

The UNSTOPPABLE Girl by Elarif Rkia, Morocco

Published: December 4, 2016
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity
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Tags: Dreams, education, girl, morocco, school

It was a rainy afternoon of November, 2000. I was a little girl with an open mind yet my knowledge was very limited. Even though, I carried a pure heart who believed that the universe is limitless and my home town ‘Addar’, a rural area located in the southwest of Morocco was the nucleus in the universe. […]

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