LAHA

اغرب شيء في الحياة ان تعرف بالضبط ماذا تفعل ، ولكن لا تفعله
ان تدرك الحقيقة ولا تتبعها، ان تملك الحق ولا تطالب به
ان تضع الاشياء في مكانها الصحيح اصبح من الماضي على مايبدو ، نفس الاراء اينما ذهبت عن المرأة وعن مفهوم حريتها ((المحدود جدا)) في كل مكان حتى في الجامعات التي من المفترض ان […]

(From the Chronicle Herald Editorials…)
WORLDWIDE outrage has rightly greeted reports that Saudi Arabia’s “justice” system recently sentenced a young woman, gang-raped by seven men, to 200 lashes for being alone with a male friend who was not related to her through blood or marriage.
We stand with and commend the actions of decent people like Nancy […]

This is the second-place winning essay in the recent HAMSA essay contest, written by Ahmad Ghashmary, the founder and director of LAHA (The New Mideast initiative for women rights).
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On August 31, 2006, Jordanian Supreme Court suspended Fatima Habib, 35, a Jordanian female judge, from her position as a judge. The decision came two days after […]