A healthy relationship with my body

A healthy relationship with my body   October 12, 2022 I am merely six hours away from attending my dearest friend’s engagement party, and only a few kilograms away from attaining complete happiness—a happiness untainted by stress and anxiety about my body’s appearance.   I didn’t have enough time to lose weight. The constant preoccupation…

Unsafe Work Environment for Female Journalists and Civil Society Workers: An Additional Burden and Personal Challenge

Unsafe Work Environment for Female Journalists and Civil Society Workers: An Additional Burden and Personal Challenge   October 11, 2022 After graduating from the Faculty of Media at Cairo University, I began an internship at the news department of a daily newspaper. My direct supervisor closely monitored my work and training on a daily basis.…

Forge ahead, my dear

Forge ahead, my dear   November 3, 2022 Oumayma, a young Arab woman who relentlessly sought to escape her family’s oppression, remained oblivious to the fact that life had choreographed a splendid spectacle for her, with the future eagerly awaiting her arrival, ready to fling open its doors.   All she had to do was…

Reluctantly, I dance.

Reluctantly, I dance.   December 23, 2022 “I need God.” These were the words allegedly whispered by the Lebanese dancer, Dany Bustros, to her confidante before she tragically took her own life with a bullet. In the moments leading up to that fateful shot, Dany found herself besieged by financial distress stemming from accumulated losses…