Hajer Naili, Author at Women's eNews

Niqab or Not: All Tunisian Women Deserve Education

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● December 2, 2011

A secular-Islamist confrontation overtakes a Tunisian campus and a month ago a woman wearing a full-face veil was banned at another university. Hajer Naili criticizes both sides of a social conflict constricting the hopes of the revolution.

Egyptians: Violence Should Put Elections on Hold

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● November 22, 2011

Two prominent women in Egypt's unfolding revolution say protest violence should put elections on hold. “It will be a circus,” said Gigi Ibrahim, who is flying home from New York on Wednesday and plans to go straight from the airport to Tahrir Square.

Tunisian Islamists, Women's Rights: Watch and Wait

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● November 17, 2011

The recent victory of the Islamist party in Tunisia leaves Hajer Naili feeling unsettled, as it raises questions about how women's rights, currently backed by the most progressive piece of legislation in the Arab world, may be impacted.

Study Details Sex-Traffic in Post-Saddam Iraq

By Hajer Naili ● Crime & Law ● November 8, 2011

Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq thousands of women and girls have been trafficked for sexual exploitation, finds a report published today by the London-based Social Change Through Education in the Middle East.

Muslim Comics Say Getting Laughs Harder in U.S.

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● October 27, 2011

The Middle East might be more restrictive for women in some ways, but two notable Muslim female comics-Eman El-Husseini and Maysoon Zayid-find it easier to work there than in the United States. One exception: Saudi Arabia.

Afghan Women in N.Y. Reflect on 10-Year War

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● October 6, 2011

The Afghan war marks its 10th anniversary today. In Queens, N.Y., Afghan women talk about how the country has changed in many ways for the better, but also why they prefer their new lives in the United States.

Palestinian-Israeli Women Lose a Voice for Peace

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● September 21, 2011

An Israeli-Palestinian women's group that helped pioneer the push for a two-state solution fell apart in late 2010 under pressure of heightened hostilities. Its demise highlights the scarcity of women in peace talks in this conflict and around the world.

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