On Growing Up as a Young Girl in Pakistan

I'm an 18-year-old Pakistani […] I grew up with random people making me feel like I am a burden to my dad. I grew up with my dearest ones telling me that I must not dream too big, as one day I'll have to give up on those dream for a man’s fragile ego. I was taunted by my relatives for not knowing how to cook. I was instructed to bow down to my husband’s will. I was taunted in the middle of traffic when people beside me whispered: "How shameless for a female to drive."

Gender, Culture, ArtZila KhJuly 7, 2020

Out Their Asses: Discourses on Sex Work in Kiev, Beirut and Istanbul

At that moment I realized that abolitionist laws — which were primarily pushed by the American Christian Right and were later adopted by Western feminist schools — are now being lobbied for by middle class feminist activists from developing countries who care little about actually protecting women, but would rather turn to the West for their moral compass.

Gender, IstanbulSara ShamasNovember 15, 2018sex work, Beirut, Istanbul, Kiev