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Iqbal Baraka Quotes

born 1942 Egypt

Iqbal Baraka (Arabic: اقبال بركة, romanized: Iqbāl Barakah; born 1942) is an Egyptian journalist, women's rights activist, and writer. She served as editor in chief of the women's magazine Hawaa for over two decades.

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There is no obstacle for a strong, qualified woman. There were none for me.

I take as my basic assumption that women are not simply the tools of fashion designers and manicurists, that women have real and serious interests and concerns we must deal with.

I feel that I am responsible to spread my word.

I believe that I inherited the gift of the Arabic language from my father.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Iqbal Baraka (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.