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‘Gender violence pushed Jewish, Palestinian women into a corner — together’
Women across Israel were set to strike to protest the government’s inaction toward gender violence. Samah Salaime, a prominent feminist activist, speaks about building solidarity between Jewish and Palestinian women and why this moment feels so urgent. Tens of thousands of women in Israel were expected to participate in a general strike and demonstrations across the country on Tuesday, protesting the government’s…
By
Edo Konrad
December 4, 2018
Arab women made history in Israel’s local elections. Here’s how they did it
A record-breaking 26 Palestinian women were elected to office in Israel’s local elections. Despite the unprecedented numbers, there is still a long way to go. Arab women made history in the last round of local elections in Israel held in late October. A total of 26 Arab women were elected across the country, including the first Druze and first Bedouin woman,…
By
Samah Salaime
November 26, 2018
The quiet feminist revolution in Arab society in Israel
Despite the hardships, Arab women are making gains in the Israeli legal establishment, local politics, academia, and even in the Islamic Movement. I watched as Hollywood stars collectively came out of the feminist closet during the Academy Awards this week. They spoke with pride about the recent #MeToo campaign, and demanded more respect and more…
By
Samah Salaime
March 8, 2018
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‘Local Call’ wins award for social change
Local Call wins NIS 25,000 for its persistent coverage of the joint feminist struggle between Arab and Jewish women against gender violence. By +972 Magazine Hebrew-language site Local Call won the Dror Prize for social change, along with a NIS 25,000 cash prize, on Friday, for spotlighting the joint struggle between Jewish and Arab women…
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December 1, 2017
Wonder Women: The Arab feminist revolution on Facebook
Thousands of Arab women on Facebook are sharing, with heart-wrenching honesty, stories of female heroism that don’t always make headlines. Is a new Arab feminism emerging? And what about the new Arab man? A week ago one of my Facebook friends added me to a group for Arab women. Oh no, I thought. Not another…
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Samah Salaime
October 25, 2017
Israeli society isn’t yet ready for a woman in a hijab
I am a strong, independent and successful woman. Yet Israeli society is unwilling to understand that wearing a hijab is my choice. By Seren Khateb Shahbari Two years ago I decided to start wearing a hijab. I had a feeling that this is what I wanted at this stage of life. The spiritual need pushed me…
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August 27, 2017
Dear Arab men, it’s time to build a new kind of masculinity
We must challenge masculinity that derives its power from the backs of the weakest segments in our society, while at the same time proposing an alternative masculinity that fights back against our humiliation. By Abed Abu Shehadeh After every catastrophe that befalls Arab society in Israel, I find myself typing away. I write to try and describe…
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Haokets
June 24, 2017
What are Israelis willing to do to end violence against Arab women?
Another Arab woman was gunned down by a masked assailant. What are you, Arabs and Jews who respect the police and just want peace, planning to do about it? Another woman joins the list. This time it was Siham Azbarqa from Lod who was shot in her home on Monday and died from her wounds the following…
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Samah Salaime
March 30, 2017
No one is lifting a finger to protect Arab women
Before she was murdered by her ex-husband, Huda Abu Sarir was betrayed by the rest us. She was murdered because we raise men unstable men alongside strong, steadfast women. I drove into the tiny, empty Jaffa alleyway on my way to the home of Huda Abu Sarari, an Arab woman who was murdered by her ex-husband…
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Samah Salaime
October 30, 2016
Israel’s ’50 most influential women’ — not a single Arab
Israel’s leading economic paper couldn’t find a single Arab to put on their list of Israel’s most influential women. Last week the Israeli magazine Lady Globes (put out by business daily Globes) published its list of Israel’s 50 most influential women for 2016. Although it remains unclear what it takes for a woman to make the list…
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Samah Salaime
September 18, 2016
WATCH: Arab women speak out over labor exploitation
Four years ago, the State of Israel introduced a plan to increase the percentage of working Arab women in order to lift them out of poverty. But did that plan actually work?
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Social TV
April 11, 2016
Dear Arab men, leave us women out of your holy wars
An Arab teacher was recently attacked and fired for screening an ‘immodest’ film for his students, all in the name of protecting women’s ‘honor.’ This is the kind of article I am hesitant to publish in Hebrew or English. But out of my wholehearted belief that there are Jews in this world who can be…
By
Samah Salaime
March 1, 2016
Meet the outlawed women of Israel’s Islamic Movement
They are journalists, educators, and physicians, who until very recently were dependent on the recently-outlawed Islamic Movement for their living. Now they leave behind a void that cannot be filled. An inside look at the women who play a critical role in Israel’s Palestinian society. By Samah Salaime (translated from Hebrew by Tal Haran) The…
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Samah Salaime
January 16, 2016
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