Women

The Omani Village That’s Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship

By Tone Delin Indrelid Just across the road from the serene looking green domed mosque…

10 badass Middle Eastern women you need to know about on International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve put together this list of 10 Middle Eastern women…

Art as a means of recovery for the Yezidi women who escaped ISIL

Last summer, the Yezidis of northern Iraq marked the third anniversary of the attempted genocide…

The Omani Designer Bringing Khaleeji Style to the World

Omani business graduate Amal Al Raisi found a career in fashion totally by accident while…

Letters from Baghdad: The female Lawrence of Arabia that the history books ignored

Any student or observer of the Middle East has likely heard of a young man…

Lebanese Women Fight Back Against Controversial Rape Law

An eerie sight met the eyes of those walking along Beirut’s picturesque corniche last week.…

Queen Rania of Jordan: A Beacon of Cultural Change in the Middle East

Harpers and Queen named her the most beautiful first lady in 2011, while Hello Magazine…

Nareen Shammo: One Woman vs. the Islamic State

The spoils of war. That is what many Yazidi women and girls have become as…