Feminism

Voices from the Arab press: Davos 2026, Trump's Board of Peace, Saudi Arabia, feminism

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

US President Donald Trump presents a signed resolution in a charter announcement for his Board of Peace initiative, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22.
Narges Mohammadi sits in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2024.

Western feminists must stand with Azerbaijani women in Iran - opinion

Demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026

Iranian feminists understood the revolution better than Europe’s intellectuals - opinion

A woman shouts at a protest ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Italy, last year.

Women at the threshold of Redemption: From Pharaoh's Egypt to the post-October 7 reality - opinion


Esty Shushan: Israeli feminist, liberal haredi woman fighting for change

Esty Shushan is a symbol of tensions within an ultra-Orthodox community that is slowly evolving but uncomfortable with change.

 Esty Shushan on September 21, 2022, at 1868 restaurant

Untold story of Start-Up Nation: High-impact, low-tech, and undoubtedly female - opinion

Women addressing challenges in ways that differ from their male counterparts is well documented.

 THE WRITER with her mom in her childhood home, 1978.

'The Choice': A feminist novel on Brooklyn hassidic Jewry - review

From the most down-to-earth subjects to the most pristine spirituality, The Choice is some ride.

 BROOKLYN HAREDIM protest coronavirus restrictions in New York City, 2020. The author delves into the entanglements, rivalries and complexities of the Brooklyn hassidic community.

An Israeli prime minister facing misogyny: A feminist look at Golda Meir - review

How Israel's first female prime minister Golda Meir balanced power, coped with discrimination and rejected feminism.

 Prime minister Golda Meir, accompanied by her defense minister Moshe Dayan, meets with soldiers on the Golan Heights after the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

United Arab Emirates celebrates Emirati Women’s Day

Women make up 66% of the workforce, and more women than men are working in the health, education and banking sectors.

People walk outside The Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 12, 2020.

Female influencers in Iran targeted by cyberattacks blame Iranian govn't

The Iranian women have urged Meta to help them stop the cyberattacks that are silencing them.

Iranian flag and cyber code [Illustrative]

Israeli law professor elected to UN Committee

Prof. Hacker is on the law faculty at Tel Aviv University, and the head of the Women and Gender Studies Program at the Faculty of Humanities.

 Professor Daphna Hacker

For the first time, female Israeli authors outpaced males in publishing in 2021

Just over half of books published, 52%, were credited to female authors, giving them a majority for the first time since the library began collecting statistics.

 Lihi Lapid, wife of opposition leader and Chairman of Israel's Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid, attends the funeral of Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan at the Habima Theatre in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, May 31, 2021.

Male executives control 99 times more S&P 500 shares than women

The disparity means male executives held about $770 billion worth of shares in S&P 500 companies in 2020, a study found.

 People walk by the Fearless Girl statue outside of the New York Stock Exchange on August 10, 2021, in New York.

New group exhibition celebrates feminist diversity, legacy and present

Wonder Woman, a new group exhibition, opens on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Marie Gallery on 12 Agrippas St.

 ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI by Parvin Shmueli Buchnik.