Arab world

Environmental justice
Analysis 27/05/2022

The Settle Colonial Project Of Israel Over Palestinian Waters

Taking Palestinian rivers and territories is a violent domination strategy of Israel. This article is also available in Arabic

Environmental justice
Analysis 30/03/2022

Palestinian Women and Territorial Sovereignty

On This Palestinian Land Day, we publish the translation of an article by the leader Khitam Saafin on the struggle for land. Also available in Arabic

Demilitarization
Experiences 30/03/2022

Palestinian Land Day: These Lands Belong to The Women

The documents published by the memory institution Khazaaen attest women's lands titles in Palestine

Autonomy
Experiences 22/03/2022

Amel Zanoune Zouani lives: letter denounces fundamentalist violence in Argelia

In a touching letter, the mother of Amel, a young woman murdered for resisting the rules imposed by Islamic sectors, denounces the terrorism experienced by Algerian women

Demilitarization
Analysis 11/03/2022

In Afghanistan, women still resist to repression

Yasamin Afghan reveals the daily lives of Afghan women and denounces killings and arrests of those who resist the Taliban's brutal regime.

Demilitarization
Culture 10/02/2022

“My country Map”, by Hanaa Malallah

Hanaa Malallah’s visual works proposes an analysis of the destruction of wars in Iraq.

Demilitarization
Culture 04/02/2022

Kurdish women write in defense of their language, culture and territory

Read an excerpt from Tevn magazine, handwritten by Kurdish women imprisoned in the Elazığ Women’s Prison

Demilitarization
Experiences 24/11/2021

Fighting for Free Palestine Cannot Be a Crime: Grassroots Movements Around the World Organize Solidarity

Read an excerpt from the declaration against the classification of Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorists”

Environmental justice
Analysis 08/11/2021

Palestine Women Defending Water, Land, and Life from the Israeli Occupation

Abeer Al Butmeh from Friends of The Earth Palestine denounces the Israeli occupation and exploitation of natural resources

Demilitarization
Culture 29/10/2021

Al Khadra: “Nobody Taught Me How To Be a Poet”

We publish a translated poem by Al Khadra, an acclaimed name of Sahrawi poetry in defense of self-determination

Movement
Experiences 07/10/2021

History and Analysis of the Feminist Movement in Morocco

Read an excerpt from the article “Feminist Movement in Morocco,” by Khadija Ryadi

Demilitarization
Analysis 22/09/2021

Femicide, An Old Unhealed Wound Bleeding For Kurdish Women

Read the article from Hacer Özdemir about the Kurdish feminist struggles against patriarchal domination and the Ezidi femicide.

Feminist economy
Analysis 17/09/2021

Lebanon Under Collapse: Refuge, Precarious Work and Marginalization

How is the economy, precarization, and the pandemic being felt by women and the working class in Lebanon today?
Feminist economy
Analysis 15/09/2021

Amid the Pandemic, Women in Morocco Face marginalization and lead struggles

The World March of Women Coordinating Board in Morocco has been continuously supporting women’s struggles against the policies of impoverishment and humiliation that affect them.
Feminist economy
Analysis 13/07/2021

Women struggle for land rights and equal inheritance in Tunisia

Halima Jouini analyzes women’s position in the Tunisian economy and presents proposals based on the women’s movement.

Feminist economy
Analysis 24/06/2021

Palestinian Women Between Poverty and the Struggle

Fighting the exploitation of labor, poverty, and colonialism are feminist issues.

Demilitarization
Experiences 07/06/2021

Solidarity To Build A Free Palestine

Internationalist solidarity is grassroots strategy to end Israeli occupation

Demilitarization
Analysis 15/05/2021

Women, Displacement, and Refugees in Lebanon

Read and listen to the contribution of Yafa El Masri, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, on the webinar “Migrations and Refuge on the Feminist Agenda."
Environmental justice
Analysis 05/05/2021

Women in the Front Line of the Land Rights Movement in Morocco

Women defend their land and community against the brutality of capitalism in inland Morocco. Also available in Arabic.

Feminist economy
Analysis 08/04/2021

Breaking the Line that Binds Poverty and Women in Iraq

The World March of Women Iraq offers a reflection on neoliberalism, oppression against women, and poverty.

Movement
Culture 05/04/2021

Feminist Movement in Tunisia Says Goodbye To Egyptian Author Nawal Saadawi

First feminist marchers from Tunisia pay tribute to feminist writer Nawal Saadawi

Movement
Analysis 25/03/2021

The Challenges of Grassroots Feminism in Arab Countries

Ten years after the “Arab spring,” Souad Mahmoud reflects on women’s living conditions and struggle as they face conservatism and instrumentalization.
Movement
Analysis 12/03/2021

Feminist Struggle for Freedom and Sovereignty in Palestine

This is an edited version of a speech Khitam Saafin gave in October 2020. Khitam is currently detained by the Israeli occupation. Free Khitam!

Demilitarization
Interview 18/02/2021

“Until Our Territories Are Free”: Women From Western Sahara in Ceaseless Struggle

To mark the International Day of Solidarity with Sahrawi Women, we spoke with activist Chaba Seini Brahim.

Movement
Video 22/01/2021

“Our Language, Our Rights, Our Territories”: The Struggle of Amazigh Women

Watch Balti Zaina, of the Amazigh people, talk about the struggles of women to defend their land and fight the attacks from the Moroccan state

Demilitarization
Interview 05/01/2021

Colonial occupation and patriarchy in Palestine: interview with Ruba Odeh

Palestinian Ruba Odeh spoke with Capire about women’s struggles against the occupation of their territories.