{"id":49051,"date":"2019-02-15T08:41:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tresculturas.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=49051"},"modified":"2019-02-15T08:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:41:53","slug":"mona-eltahawy-presenta-en-tres-culturas-uno-de-los-ensayos-mas-impactantes-del-ano","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"http:\/\/tresculturas.org\/en\/actividad\/mona-eltahawy-presenta-en-tres-culturas-uno-de-los-ensayos-mas-impactantes-del-ano\/","title":{"rendered":"Mona Eltahawy presents one of the most powerful essays of the year at Tres Culturas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fundaci\u00f3n Tres Culturas, in collaboration with Casa \u00c1frica and Capitan Swing, is hosting the presentation of the essay The hymen and the hijab: why the Arab world needs a sexual revolution,<\/em> by the Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy, who will be accompanied by \u00c1ngeles Jurado, journalist and communications technician at Casa \u00c1frica.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0The hymen <\/em>and the hijab<\/em>Eltahawy makes a definitive condemnation of the repressive forces - political, cultural and religious - that reduce millions of women to the status of second-class citizens.<\/p>\n

Regular contributor to media such as The Guardian, The New York Times<\/em> o BBC, <\/em>In November 2011, she was arrested, beaten and raped by riot police in her own country. She was appointed by Newsweek<\/em> as one of its \"150 brave women of 2012\". Time<\/em> presented her as \"person of the year\" along with other activists from all over the world and the magazine Arabian Business<\/em> named her one of the 100 most influential Arab women.<\/p>\n

Translation from English into Spanish will be provided.<\/p>\n

Book sale and book signing after the talk.<\/p>\n

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