On World Refugee Day, lets shift our perspective. Rather than focusing solely on what we can provide to refugees, let us acknowledge the depth and immensity of the life lessons we can learn from their resilience, strength and their human spirit. As I share this observation, there are over 2 million of these lessons coming...
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Palestinian women-led organisations must be at forefront in Gaza, West Bank humanitarian response
Cairo / New York: UN Womens latest Gender Alert on the war on Gaza reveals the staggering challenges Palestinian women-led organizations face, highlights their unwavering commitment to save lives, and calls for urgent, coordinated investments in their operations on the ground. Women-led organizations are operating in some of the most dangerous and challenging areas of Gaza and...
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My Palestine: An Impossible Exile Memorializes Political, Historical Developments For Peace Sake
My Palestine, An Impossible Exile is an intimately written memoir by Mohammad Tarbush, which combines political and economic commentary with personal and national history. On May 23rd, 2024, the book was launched by Haus Publishing (London). It will be released and distributed in the US by the University of Chicago Press on September 9th, 2024....
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Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan sounds the alarm as unregulated CCTV encroach womens safe spaces
The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) is extremely alarmed and concerned about the ongoing surveillance of women and girls in private spaces through unregulated CCTV cameras in women’s shelters, hostels, universities and salons, invading their right to privacy and dignity in private spaces. Women are already exceedingly subjected to gender based violence, harassment and social surveillance...
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If I were to talk about it for the next 100 years, I cannot describe the fear we live in
New UN Women survey data from Rafah highlights the depth of physical and mental despair, with 93 per cent of women interviewed feeling unsafe and over half reporting medical conditions requiring urgent attention. With any Israeli ground invasion, these number will soar. New York: With the population of the southern city of Rafah, in...
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AnankeWLF2024 Partners Mobilize Impact By Enabling a Collective Space
On April 23rd, 2024, the fourth edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will celebrate and showcase how collective efforts enable positive narratives, mobilize change through dialogue and engagement. Happening in the month of World Book Day, the three-day event strives to create a space, a collective, where diverse set of voices especially from...
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Celebrated Publisher Arpita Das to Open Ananke Women in Literature Festival 2024
Distinguished founder Arpita Das of award winning, independent publishing house, Yoda Press, will be officially opening Anankes Women in Literature Festival 2024 on April 23rd, 2024. The title of the keynote is : Kindness as Intelligence In The Academy and Creative Industries. Arpita Das is an alumna of St Stephens College, Delhi University...
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AnankeWLF2024 unveils Panel on Poetry And Process
The fourth edition of Anankes Women In Literature Festival unveils an enticing panel on poetry. Slated to be held on the second day of the event April 24th, 2024 at 5.10 PM UAE and 01:10 PM GMT, distinguished panelists include: Hiba Heba, Sascha Akhtar, Shikha Malaviya and is helmed by Naima Rashid. Naima...
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Award winning author Anam Zakaria To Share Insight on the Historicity of Erasure at AnankeWLF2024
Anankes Women in In Literature Festival welcomes award-winning author and distinguished oral historian, Anam Zakaria at its fourth edition on April 23rd, 2024. The digital/remote event will be live-streamed on Anankes Facebook (@anankemag) and YouTube pages and initiate meaningful conversations that strive to mobilize impact. Anam Zakaria is an award-winning author, freelance journalist and the...
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Ananke to Host Distinguished Author Manjiri Indurkar at AnankeWLF
The fourth edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will showcase celebrated screenwriter Manjiri Indurkaramong its distinguished list of speakers. With the theme, Language and Erasure, the three-day, digital event will be live-streamed on Anankes Facebook page (@FB handle: @anankemag). AnankeWLF2024 envision to create a safe, inclusive space for dialogue through engaging conversations amongst visionaries,...