CAIRO, Egypt — Ahmed Awadalla’s a dude, Egyptian-style. The young male activist, defender of women’s rights and anti-discrimination...
Aug 01, 2012The Poet: Marwa Maamoun
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — She approached beaming, headscarf hardly visible behind big bursting cheeks, eyes ablaze, arms sweeping up...
Aug 01, 2012The Pioneer: Nawal El-Saadawi
CAIRO, Egypt — In a small village outside Cairo in the early 1940s, a little Egyptian girl sent God...
Aug 01, 2012The Prodigy: Aya Mohsen
CAIRO, Egypt — Aya Mohsen calls herself an “underage” revolutionary. The teenager Tweets against Egypt’s ruling generals from...
Aug 01, 2012The Politician: Gamila Ismail
CAIRO, Egypt — Click. Clack. Click. Laugh. “She’s coming,” her assistant whispered. “You always know by the sound.”...
Aug 01, 2012