The Collectiva Shamila experience demonstrated the power of intersectional, cross-border collaboration to advance social change.
This multilingual platform presents articles, opinion pieces and interviews about various social taboos that impact people, most often women, in the Arab region.
I, just like many other women and men in the Middle East, were raised in a society filled with contradictions, taboos and social and religious customs. In this society, there is a clear conflict between patriarchal customs based on social customs and…
Yemeni society is governed by a set of patriarchal customs, traditions and laws. Abortion is also punishable by law as is committing adultery.
