The rivals of the El Bireh for Everyone list circulate among the cafes and grocery stores in the town, pointing at election posters and whispering: Look, its three female candidates are without a mandeel (head covering ). A number of townspeople told this to Thuraya A'lyan Aliyan, one of the three women on the list. And indeed, a 2009 study found that the female candidates of the left and the liberal wing were...
- By SuzyS
- 19 Oct 2012
- 09:19PM
In the US, we have many women in running for or in power here who are against womand and against the social contract that frankly, even or even more so in Gaza gender is more than likely unlikely to make a positive difference.
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