To celebrate International Women’s Day, Nasawiya partnered up with progressive Beirut-based daily Al-AKhbar, putting the focus on women in its March 8, 2010 issue.

Our members Leen Hashem and Sara Abu Ghazal contributed articles on sexual harassment (Juanito, the Neighborhood “Jagal” – Player) and racism and sexism in Lebanon (Lebanon and Women: Types of Female Citizens and Their Uses) respectively.

Also, as part of the tie-in, Nasawiya supporters Zeina Zaatari (Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa at the Global Fund for Women) and As’ad Abu Khalil a.k.a. The Angry Arab (Political Science Professor at California State University, Stanislaus and Visiting Professor at UC, Berkeley) shared some of their thoughts on women’s issues and feminism.

Ms. Zaatari wrote a commentary on Arab women’s work entitled “Notes on Arab Women’s Work”.

Mr. Abu Khalil reflected on International Women’s Day in an opinion piece entitled “International Women’s Day… Why?”