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Blogs on our Mind: Fall 2018

Khaled Hosseini: Refugees are still dying. How do we get over our news fatigue?

Link to view: https://www.theguardian.com/books

August 17, 2018

Khaled Hosseini

Sabra and Shatila: New Revelations

Link to view: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/09/17/sabra-and-shatila-new-revelations/

September 17, 2018

Seth Anziska

Living the double life: behind the lies of women's daily lives in Egypt

Link to view: https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/eman-el-sherbiny/living-double-life-behind-lies-of-womens-daily-lives-in-egyp

September 14, 2018

Eman El-Sherbiny

She saved a pregnant woman’s life. Now, she works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women.

Link to view: https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-09-10/she-saved-pregnant-woman-s-life-now-she-works-make-childbirth-safer-all-afghan

September 10, 2018

Shirin Jaafari

Reading List on Lebanon (Non-Fiction, General)

Link to view: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reading-list-on-21158835

September 2, 2018

Hummus for Thoughts

Afghan Climber Hanifar Yousoufi Just Made History

Link to view: https://www.outsideonline.com/2338651/first-afghan-woman-summits-her-countrys-highest-peak

August 23, 2018

Mary Turner

Jordan’s Circassian | The Women Keeping a Culture Alive from their Kitchens

Link to view: https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/circassian-culture-in-jordan/

August 24, 2018

Zahra Hankir

Guidelines for Crossing the Street in Tehran

Link to view: http://www.mypersiancorner.com/guidelines-for-crossing-the-street-in-tehran/

August 26, 2018

Pontia

Laleh Seddigh: Meet Iran's Shumacher: Female Race Champion Unafraid to Break Barriers

Link to view: https://sputniknews.com/society/201803261062908438-iran-schumacher-female-race-champion/

March 26, 2018

Sputnik News

When Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels

Link to view: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a22717725/what-is-toxic-white-feminism/

August 16, 2018

Rachel Elizabeth Cargle

Iranian Families Share Stories on 'Devastating' Impact of US Sanctions 

Link to view: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-sanctions-latest-rial-currency-protests-medicine-rouhani-khameini-a8505166.html

August 23, 2018

Bethan McKeran

The Hijabi Surfers in Iran Making Waves of Freedom

Link to view: https://en.vogue.me/culture/hijabi-surfers-iran-waves-of-freedom/

August 15, 2018

Alexandria Gouveia

JOOJOO Azad | Unapologetic Fashion Blog written by Muslim-Iranian Hoda Katebi

Link to view: http://www.joojooazad.com/

2018

Hoda Katebi

9 Books to Expand Your Idea of What Feminism Looks Like

Link to view: https://electricliterature.com/9-books-to-expand-your-idea-of-what-feminism-looks-like-7fe711fc0d78

July 5, 2018

Jennifer Baker

One Brave Kat

Link to view: https://www.babagol.net/blog/2018/8/10/one-brave-kat

August 13, 2018

Babagol

How Sanctions Impede the Women's Movement in Iran

Link to view: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/how-us-sanctions-impede-the-women-s-movement-in-iran

August 10, 2018

Sussan Tahmasebi

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