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#Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

As a western feminist interested in women’s rights in the Middle East, I stand in awe of the brave, strong women standing up as a fresh voice of a generation that will not accept sexist inequality and oppression anymore. One of those contemporary voices is the Egyptian-American journalist and activist Mona Eltahawy, who published the book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution in May. Although I think these are the kind of books that need…