Saudi Arabia isn't just a conservative country with different values we shouldn't judge. It is a modern Gilead.
Too many on the Left are earnest about nothing at all, sadly. They've been rendered spineless by snarkiness - not least on Twitter.
Anti-black racism is not just an Egyptian problem. It exists in many parts of the Arab world.
It is the harassers and assaulters who make us 'look bad,' not the women who have every right to expose crimes against them.
Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.
For years, successive Arab dictators have tried to keep discontent at bay by distracting people with the Israeli-Arab conflict.
I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.
I abhor the rightwing Muslim ideology behind the veils, but I equally abhor the political rightwing xenophobes of Europe.
It is the harassers and assaulters who make us 'look bad,' not the women who have every right to expose crimes against them.
Anti-black racism is not just an Egyptian problem. It exists in many parts of the Arab world.
We are fighting misogynists in every culture. My solution is to listen to the women in each community and amplify their voices.
Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and militarism are inherently patriarchal and hierarchical.