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Mona Eltahawy Quotes

born 1967 Egypt

Mona Eltahawy (born August 1, 1967) is an Egyptian-American journalist and social commentator based in New York City. She has written essays and op-eds for publications internationally on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including women's rights, patriarchy, and Muslim political and social affairs.

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“The most subversive thing a woman can do is talk about her life as if it really matters.”

We are a racist people in Egypt and we are in deep denial about it. On my Facebook page, I blamed racism for my argument and an Egyptian man wrote to deny that we are racists and used as his proof a program on Egyptian Radio featuring Sudanese songs and poetry! Our silence over racism not only destroys the warmth and hospitality we are proud of as Egyptians, it has deadly consequences.

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