Here’s my story in The InterDependent about what the Arab Spring (and enduring Fall and Winter) mean for women’s rights across the Arab World. Hint: It’s not good.
A taster:
In early December, a shaky, 40-second video clip began to skitter across the internet. A woman in a black abaya stands in front of a row of reinforced police cars, fearlessly looking onto a teargas-clouded street in Bahrain. The woman’s head is held erect, her hands outstretched, making the V-sign for victory, as men with heavy teargas guns circle like lions around her. A pink scarf, tied around her face to protect against the billowing blue tear gas, lends the only color to her black silhouette.
Read the rest here.
