Comments on: Feminists Split Over Sexuality

By: lau shu shi

lau shu shi — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:10:28 +0000

i think the title a bit misleading, should be feminists split over sexual orientation. correct me if i’m wrong.

By: Lesbian Issues Brought Up at the Arab Feminisms Conference - Bekhsoos

Lesbian Issues Brought Up at the Arab Feminisms Conference - Bekhsoos — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:48:44 +0000

[...] Indeed, our friends were true to their alliances and the topic of lesbians was brought up at different times, through Zeina Zaatari’s speech for the inclusion of sexual rights in our feminist discourse. The Feminist Collective also made sure to speak about Bareed Mista3jil during a panel on feminism and art. Zeina Anwar from Sisters in Islam was also a vocal ally. But my most pleasant surprise came with the brave and radical interventions of Prof. Amal Amireh, a delightful woman who took it upon herself to insist that the Arab feminist movement should embrace lesbian issues as an integral part of its struggle. It was a touching moment – to say the least – for many of us Meems present at the conference. Amal Amireh is and will always be a hero to us. Here is a recount of what happened, adapted from the Feminist Collective blog entry “Feminists Split Over Sexuality:” [...]

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By: uhu

uhu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:24:08 +0000

Just as a personal side note, i am not a professor, not that i won’t be 1 day, and there 16 years old girls that are still in school that have the knowledge enough to differentiate between lesbianism and gender bending. Maybe our problems would be solved, if some of the professors attending these conferences can do some reading and educate themselves a bit like for example “Kaltham Al Ghanim form Qatar University” so they would avoid embarrassing themselves, and as some other conference attendee that demeaned literature in a very public way. And defined Art, which is something that is an undefined communication way.

By: Maya

Maya — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:14:53 +0000

مؤتمر «النسوية العربية»: الحركة المطلبية تجاور أسئلة عن الفكر بصفته مشروعاً تغييرياً »
The title of the conference was enough to portray a message, about change. But once, the lesbian issue was tackled, everybody ignored this subject, and then it was approached with some negative attitudes, and as if lesbians are not women! and as if they donnot exist in the arab world.
This fight between feminists and lesbians, should’ve been ancient history, since it was already istablished that lesbians are women first. Professor Amal Amireh’s response and Zeina Zaatari’s speech were a huge boost for me as a person and gave me a bit of hope that one day, this argument would be talked about openly and being taken into consideration.
Moreover, how come in a feminist conference, the word cunt or vagina has never been mentioned, neither the domestic workers, or body image, arn’t they women too? but then agian, i’ll never give up on this cause as long as there are feminists like Zeina Zaatari, Amal Amireh and Nadine Moawad you guys ROCK

By: Feminist

Feminist — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:12:50 +0000

The presence of the Feminist Collective and its allies among the participants is the reason why a bunch of old, Arab and non-feminist ladies are discussing sexuality and Lesbian women.

My heart skipped a beat when Amahl Amireh spoke.. She made the announcement that Lesbians exist among Arab women and she used the pronoun “we” in order not to distant herself from this cause… It was big and very emotional to me, she said: “We (the arab lesbians) exist and we are not going anywhere”