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For years, successive Arab dictators have tried to keep discontent at bay by distracting people with the Israeli-Arab conflict.

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For years I looked at the Iranians with envy - not at the outcome of their 1979 revolution, but because it was a popular uprising, not a euphemism for a coup.

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Until the Saudi authorities who administer the holy sites take concrete steps to protect female pilgrims, we must protect each other. Men must stop assaulting us, yes. But women the world over, regardless of faith, know that until that happens, we are each other's keepers.

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We must make sure #MeToo breaks the race, class, gender, and faith lines that make it so hard for marginalized people to be heard.

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Saudi authorities must launch a campaign about the safety of female pilgrims and the determination of the authorities to ensure every woman's safety.

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I will never ally with Islamophobes and racists. But in the choice between 'community' and Muslim women, I will always choose my sisters.

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Selling out Saudi women is an old-established tradition.

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I was 15 when my family moved to Jidda from Britain in 1982. Living in Saudi Arabia was such a shock to my system that I like to say I was traumatized into feminism.

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When I first read Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale,' it was Saudi Arabia as I knew it that came to mind, not a dystopian future United States as in the new television adaptation.

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Saudi Arabia isn't just a conservative country with different values we shouldn't judge. It is a modern Gilead.

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Journalist

Born: August 1st, 1967

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