feed

Marwa Rakha

Author Profile

About Marwa Rakha

134 posts · joined 2008-05-20

Born and raised in Egypt, I was brought up to be a good middle class Egyptian girl; but somehow being good did not suit my notions. Deep down I have rejected the heavy heritage of traditions and norms that made no sense to my inquisitive mind. I could not understand why girls were killed, committed suicide, or lived in eternal shame when they lost their virginity. I failed to comprehend why such a rule applied only to girls and their male counterparts were spared. After my grand mother passed away we stopped celebrating Christmas, New Year's Eve, Halloween, and Thanks Giving … does being a Muslim deny me all my childhood memories? Why do I have to get married? Why can't I date? Why do men cheat? Why do I have to accept it? Why? Why? Why? And many more unanswered questions.

I have come a long way from the scared little girl that I once was … I found my passion in writing, my voice in teaching & training, and my strength in marketing … I took off my mask … and I decided to speak up and loud .. as loud as loud could ever be.

Email Marwa Rakha
View all authors »

Latest posts by Marwa Rakha

Stories

October 30th, 2009

Middle East & North Africa

Wandering Scarab does not believe that Egyptian women know what they really want; their actions demonstrate that they don't really want equality or freedom; they do not even know what freedom is; they want to be free within cages of their own creation. They love being Damsels in Distress.

October 29th, 2009

Egypt: The top 10 most influential people

Marwa Rakha · 22:49 · Middle East & North Africa
lingua → nl · es · it · sw · bn
Gamal Mubarak, son of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak -- who is expected to succeed his father -- was among the 2009 TIME 100 Finalists. Egyptian bloggers have their say in this post. 0 comments  · read »

Egypt: Egyptian Male Blogger Orders Artificial Hymen

Marwa Rakha · 05:39, October 29th, 2009 · Middle East & North Africa
lingua → es · it · fr · sr · sw
So much was said and written about the artificial virginity hymen kit - that Egyptian male blogger Mohamed Al Rahhal just had to buy one. Marwa Rakha brings us the story. 5 comments  · read »

October 17th, 2009

Egypt: Campaign Against Abusive Publishers

Marwa Rakha · 15:37 · Middle East & North Africa
lingua → es · it
An Egyptian blogger and author has had it with dealing with unscrupulous publishers and is taking the initiative to make the voices of authors not given a chance a a sounding board. Check out what Marwa Rakha is up to and how successful her initiative is. 1 comment  · read »

October 9th, 2009

Egypt: Niqab Ban Stirs Controversy

Marwa Rakha · 08:36, October 9th, 2009 · Middle East & North Africa
lingua → fr · es
Egypt's top leading Islamic leader, Sheikh Mohammed Tantawi told a 13-year-old student to uncover her face, saying it was not part of the religious obligations of Muslim women. A few days later, Egypt banned female undergraduates from wearing the niqab in the country's public universities. Bloggers join in the debate. 4 comments  · read »

October 8th, 2009

Middle East & North Africa

Group blog Bikya Masr reported: Prominent Egyptian female religious leader Soad Saleh has called on the country ministry of justice to amend its current marriage certificate regulations where women must write “virgin” or “divorced” or “widow” – the latter two considered one category. She said that the ministry should allow a third option to be written on the license that reads “never been married” as a means of protecting the honor of women who have been raped.

Page 1 of 23