Posts Tagged ‘ Mona Eltahawy ’

The Cult of Mona Eltahawy

December 1, 2011
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Mona Eltahawy’s broken arms have now become a part of Egypt’s revolution, or so she says. In each media appearance wherein she dons two casts, now full of signatures, well wishes and smiley faces, Mona Eltahawy draws attention to her alleged abuse while in...
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While Abused Arab Women Continue To Be Ignored, American Media Darling Mona Eltahawy Gets A Career Boost

November 28, 2011
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In this special guest submission Dr. Diane Shammas* takes a look at the selective reporting by Western media outlets on the abuse of Arab and Muslim women, and the colonial feminists’ lack of concern for the real victims of physical abuse and sexual assault which remain unknown.  I just viewed Mona Eltahawy on CNN...
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Petition & Open Letter to Mona Eltahawy عريضة و خطاب مفتوح لمنى الطحاوي

August 30, 2011
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The following is a petition and open letter to Mona Eltahawy.  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/monaeltahawybds/  We call on all Pro-Palestine solidarity activists and supporters of the Egyptian revolution and the 2011 Arab uprising to read, sign and circulate this petition. (Arabic follows English)   Petition and Open Letter to Mona Eltahawy
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Mona el Tahawy and the Transnational Fulul al Nidham

August 26, 2011
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Special Guest Submission By Sarah Hawas, for Ikhras.com  Like most native informers and like all liberal elites, she continues to engage in the selective (mis)translation of the current uprisings throughout the Arab world…She does not represent the vast majority of Egyptians, Arabs and Muslims but rather represents the narrow, privileged few, who have no qualms...
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Mona Eltahawy: Selected Quotes On Palestine & Israel

August 23, 2011
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Earlier this year Mona Eltahawy told a gathering at the JStreet conference, an anti-Arab group dedicated to the destruction of Palestine, “not one anti-Israeli or anti-American sentiment was expressed” during the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.  She also told the “moderate Zionist” crowd that if they reached out to Arabs “I guarantee you will be...
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Ignorant or Deceitful?

August 23, 2011

Mona Eltahawy who takes pride in being “the first Egyptian journalist to live and to work for a western news agency in Israel” was a big hit at this year’s J-Street gathering.  Below is a video of her opening remarks at the racist, Zionist group’s 2011 conference. Eltahawy, unlike Ray Hanania and James Zogby, two other Arab-Americans who enthusiastically promote J-Street, does speak Arabic...
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Selective Attention

August 21, 2011

In a recent interview with PRI’s The World Mona Eltahawy acknowledges the obvious, that the people of the Arab world are one, but somehow excludes any mention of Palestine during that interview. The very oneness she refers to is the reason we find her shameful stance on Palestine so puzzling. To date she has not retracted...
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Mona Eltahawy Has More In Common With Times Square Than Tahrir Square

July 7, 2011
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Statement – Egyptian Trade Unionists: Declaration of Independence / BDS Thanks to the Egyptian uprising Mona Eltahawy’s career really took off this year.  She made a name for herself in the U.S. , and become an American media darling as the self-appointed representative of Egyptian revolutionaries although most of her views are anathema to the Egyptian people.
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Guest Post: A Yemeniya’s Response to Mona Eltahawy. By Dr.Lamya Almas

April 21, 2011
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As Mona Eltahawy’s scope of representation and expertise continues to expand with each new uprising across much of Asia and Africa, her views continue to be rejected.  The New York-based “revolutionary feminist’s” detractors are not her imaginary group of bearded, misogynistic, religious fanatics she likes to rail against, but rather the same women, feminists, and revolutionaries the American Media...
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Mona Eltahawy’s Views Rejected By Egyptian Revolutionaries

March 30, 2011

Mona Eltahawy, the New York-based Egyptian revolutionary,  has made a name for herself in the United States by appointing herself the spokesperson for the Egyptian people that overthrew the American-backed dictator.  What made Mona so attractive to members of the American media is her colonial feminist views and her pro-Israel message that includes her...
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Uprisings In Arab World Good For Mona Eltahawy’s Career In US

March 20, 2011

With her rise in the American media Mona Eltahawy‘s areas of concern continue to expand.  Like Farid Zakaria, she is now an expert on all countries, regimes, and people between Morocco and Malaysia.  After openly converting to the “moderate” J-Street version of Zionism, and anointed a pundit on Palestine, she now wants to chime...
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Arab-Americans Join The Counter-Revolution

March 18, 2011

Mona Eltahawy supports Western Military attacks on Libya and refers to them as “intervention.” Hussein Ibish supports the Saudi forces invasion of Bahrain to help a fellow Monarchist regime kill its own peaceful protesters, and describes it as a “GCC intervention” that is “legal” based on “treaty obligations.”   James Zogby supports both and is...
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