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Mona Eltahawy is an Egyptian-American journalist renowned for her coverage of women's rights in the Middle East. Born on August 1, 1967, she grew up in Egypt and Saudi Arabia before moving to the United States. Eltahawy's work spans a range of topics including gender, politics, and social justice, and her writing has appeared in international media outlets such as The New York Times and The Guardian.

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“Ask yourself who you don't see and understand why you don't see them and understand how important attention is for them. We use attention as a way to arm ourselves against the invisibility that patriarchy wants to impose on us.”

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Book:The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Source: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

“Conservatism goes hand in hand with patriarchy, and it must be remembered that conservatism benefits men while reserving cruelty for women and men who reject its strict codes of conduct.”

Feminism Patriarchy

Book:The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Source: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

“White supremacy, whether in the US or Europe, is absolutely patriarchal—those far-right parties offer no gender equality...white women who vote for those parties are examples of women who accept crumbs thrown to them in return for limited power in the form of protection and privilege gained via proximity to powerful white men. They whip up xenophobia among white women voters by pitting immigrants against white families, portraying refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants as a drain on resources that should go instead to those white families. They want white women to have more white babies.”

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Book:The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Source: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

“We must dismantle the hierarchies that patriarchy uses, not aim to climb our way up its ladder of injustices.”

Feminism Patriarchy

Book:The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Source: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

“Not every woman is my ally or my sister simply by virtue of being a woman. We are sisters and comrades when we share a fight against patriarchy. Patriarchy throws all its efforts at disempowering us. I do not consider as a sister or a comrade anyone who aids in that disempowerment.”

Feminism Patriarchy

Book:The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Source: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

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Born: August 1, 1967
Known for: Journalist
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