Service in Journalism and the Columbia Journalism Review named her as one of 20 women in In 2012, the Missouri School of Journalism awarded her its Honor Medal for Distinguished

Media from Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia and China. Many years, including almost six years as a Reuters correspondent and she reported for various in 2000, Ms Eltahawy was a news reporter in the Middle East for Magazine featured her along with other activists from around the world as its People of the YearĪnd Arabian Business magazine named her one of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women.īefore she moved to the U.S. Newsweek magazine named Ms Eltahawy one of its '150 Fearless Women of 2012', Time

Sexually assaulted her and she was detained for 12 hours by the Interior Ministry and Military In November 2011, Egyptian riot police beat her, breaking her left arm and right hand, and Most major media outlets, leading the feminist website Jezebel to describe her as 'The Woman

Her commentaries have appeared in several other publications and she is a regular guest analyst on various television and radio shows.ĭuring the 18-day revolution that toppled Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, she appeared on She is the author of 'Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution,' released April 2015, and is a contributor to the New York Times opinion pages. Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning columnist and international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues and global feminism. Copyright 2005-2007 Mona Eltahawy, all rights reserved

Headscarves and Hymens by Mona Eltahawy