On this year’s International Women’s Day, over 100 people answered Nasawiya’s call to take to the streets to take back the night. For roughly two hours, feminists made their way from Mar Mikhael, Gemayze to Ain el Mraiseh, marching past bedazzled onlookers, curious drivers who ground to a halt, and wary police cars and officers who trailed the march. They were chanting:

- For freedom, for nationality, a feminist revolution.
- One word, shout out loud, feminism won’t die.
- Feminists against sectarianism, racism, sexism, classism, capitalism, Zionism, rape, harassment, patriarchy.
- For Lebanese women in Tripoli, in Byblos, in Saida, in Tyr, in Beirut… a feminist revolution.
- For Lebanese, Palestinian, Iraqi, Filipino, Sri Lankan women and women of all nationalities, a feminist revolution.

Our words won’t do the event justice. So we thought we’d let these images do the talking instead.

The revolution continues…

Video: Nasawiya International Women’s Day March – 2010

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Join us in Beirut from October 4 – 7, 2009 for “Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective,” an international conference organized by a number of prominent Arab women’s organizations.

We’ve designed a special website for this landmark event, so please visit it to learn more!

Feminism is today undergoing a worldwide re-assessment: What have been its achievements? Where has it failed? Has it remained necessary to the development of society, or has it outlived its usefulness?

Join us at AUB for the talks! More information coming soon.