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		<title>CNN Mistakenly (and quite poorly) Report on Conference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN Middle East Senior Reporter, Octavia Nasr, was inpired by @nasawiya&#8217;s live tweets from the conference to dedicate a show to &#8220;Arab feminism.&#8221; However, the report mistakenly cited the conference as organized by the Feminist Collective &#8211; which we clearly stated it was not. The conference is organized by Bahithat in collaboration with other organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Bawaba Coverage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Original Link here: http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/254858
Arab women are more likely to win political rights than secure personal and civil status rights, said participants at an international conference on Arab feminism, held at the American University of Beirut Oct 4-7, 2009.
Attracting a strong turn-out that was overwhelmingly female, the conference was organized by the Lebanese Association of Women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOW Lebanon Coverage: Feminists from the Arab World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Feminists from the Arab World: Talking to Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi, Omaira Abou-Bakr and Hoda al-Saadi


Women’s issues and feminist movements are discussed by scholar-activists from Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Hayeon Lee ,  October 11, 2009


The first of its kind, a conference entitled, “Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective” – organized by the Lebanese Association of Women Researchers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arab World Hosts Its First Major Feminisms Debate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dalila Mahdawi
Daily Star staff
 Thursday, October 08, 2009
BEIRUT: Academics, activists and researchers gathered at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Wednesday for the third and last day of a major conference to discuss Arab feminisms. The conference, “Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective,” was organized by the Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (also known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hemadeh vs. Zaatari</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, October 5, the working sessions of the Arab Feminism(s) conference kicked off at 9:30am with a first panel on “New Directions for Arab Feminist Thought &#8211; Part 1”. In my opinion, the two most interesting papers in this panel were those of Najla Hemadeh and Zeina Zaatari, the first for being anti-feminist and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zeina Anwar from Sisters in Islam Invigorates the Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her usual calm and kind demeanor, Zeina Anwar, former Executive Director of Sisters in Islam (SIS), speaks to the Arab Feminisms conference saying that the work at SIS was born out of a firm belief that God is just. &#8220;We, in South East Asia, don&#8217;t have a problem identifying as Muslim and feminist, Muslim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>مؤتمر «النسوية العربية»: الحركة المطلبية تجاور أسئلة عن الفكر بصفته مشروعاً تغييرياً</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[





خلال النقاش الذي تلا الجلسة الأولى	 (بلال قبلان)






 
 






رشا الأطرش

علا التصفيق وانطلقت «هيصة» حماسية عندما اختتمت الباحثة الشابة، زينة زعتري، ورقتها تحت عنوان «نهضة نسوية عربية: إمكانيات وضرورات». لم يكن صعباً فهم السبب، لكن الهمس، الذي دار بين الحاضرات والمشاركات في مؤتمر «النسوية العربية: رؤية نقدية»، أكد البديهي المُضمَر. فقد بدت زعتري «جريئة» ومتقدّمة [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feminists Split Over Sexuality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the conference, sexuality has been mentioned regularly in panels and in floor discussions. Sometimes it came out in passing, more subtly such as a portrayal of eroticism in Daniel Arbid&#8217;s film &#8220;Sa7at Al Ma3raka.&#8221; And at other times it came as a direct political demand such as in Zeina Zaatari&#8217;s speech [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Star reports on the first day of Arab Feminism(s)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT: A groundbreaking three-day conference on Arab feminisms got under way at The American University of Beirut (AUB) on Monday, with dozens of academics discussing the contemporary schools of feminism in the region.]]></description>
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		<title>Wrap-Up of Two Panels: New Directions for Arab Feminist Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are now waiting to resume the day of intensive debates (the participants have gone off for lunch) at 4pm with the last panel of the day. The two panels today were both focused on the theme &#8220;New Directions for Arab Feminist Thought&#8221; where we heard papers from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, United Arab [...]]]></description>
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