Author: Mona Eltahawy

Quotes

All religions, if you shrink them down, are all about controlling women's sexuality.

All religions, if you shrink them down, are all about controlling women's sexuality.

- Mona Eltahawy

I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

- Mona Eltahawy

Nothing protects women from the patriarchy of military regimes.

Nothing protects women from the patriarchy of military regimes.

- Mona Eltahawy

The first time I wore a head scarf, I was 16. I looked and felt like a nun. I missed the wind in my hair. For me, it was not a comfortable thing to wear.

The first time I wore a head scarf, I was 16. I looked and felt like a nun. I missed the wind in my hair. For me, it was not a comfortable thing to wear.

- Mona Eltahawy

I do not subscribe to a feminism that demands perfection or super heroic nobility of women. But I do insist that putting women at the service of patriarchy is no victory for us.

I do not subscribe to a feminism that demands perfection or super heroic nobility of women. But I do insist that putting women at the service of patriarchy is no victory for us.

- Mona Eltahawy

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