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Egypt: NISAA (Women) Magazine ECWR

To internalize awareness of gender concerns in daily life, promote active discussion and critical thinking, and challenge readers to re-think shallow images of women, ECWR launched on a volunteer basis a new magazine, Nisaa (“women”). Each issue includes:

- A Woman and a Cause: Highlighting a particular issue that socially, religiously, politically or legally affects Arab women from all points of view.

- A Report: An interview, article and study bringing a hidden problem to light

- Forum on Women’s Rights: A space for women to express their thoughts and reflections, send complaints and narrate their stories.

- Arab Woman Report: A comprehensive biographical panorama of the experiences of women from a particular Arab country.

- Women and Art: Reportage and documentation on the intersections of women and art, highlighting particular artists or those on the literary scene.

- Civil Society: Recognizing Arab institutions and organizations that dedicate themselves to the work of the betterment of women’s lives, including women’s rights organizations.

- The Faces of Women: Photos of Arab women will portray their situations without comments.

- Woman-Net: Encouragement to women to utilize the internet, describing the nature of the information available as well as the necessity to empower ones self through knowledge.

- Home: Cultivating a sense of culture and self confidence, this will discuss cooking and home economics from a cultural and efficiency perspective.

- Beauty: Discuss a deeper meaning of beauty, both physical and mental

- Sports: Reducing the daily stress of life and schedule time for self care

- Children: How to shape children's development and play a role in their life direction, build friendship and a respectful relationship

Contact Egyptian Center for Women's Rights ecwr@link.net for a copy.

http://www.ecwronline.org/english/publication/index.htm

WOMEN:
The edition of June 07 focuses on the role of the housewife. Articles include: "Complaint to the Prosecutor General against Fatwas that represent Contempt of Islam"; "Egyptian Homemaker: Wife, Nanny and Never- ending, Unpaid Working Hours"; "Is Polygamy the Solution for the Spinsters' Problems?"; "The Personal Status of Emirati Women"; "Women Online: 31 Female Judges After Struggling for Fifty Years"; "When Women Speak," which presents the lawsuits that ECWR has filed on behalf of women; "Women's Pioneers"; "Arabic Marriage Customs: the Traditional Moroccan Wedding"; "Youth on the Internet: Entertainment Sites vs. News Sites"; "Women's Talk: Say to the Past, Age Come Back"; and ECWR activities.          

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