Rouba Ibrahimi

Rouba Ibrahimi is a psychologist and peace activist.

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Arab women want male guardianship

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To declare the Muslim Brothers terrorists is meaningless

ACTIVISTS PROTEST against refugees in Lodz, Poland in September 2015. The words on the shirt read, ‘Anti-Islam militia. Stop Islamization.’

Poland, me and Trump


Egypt accuses US of being the mastermind of Paris attacks

"I have a rational fear that the continuous depiction of America as sponsor of terrorism will give extremists a free hand in targeting Americans."

San Francisco City Hall is lit up with blue, white and red, the colors of the French flag, following the Paris terror attacks, in San Francisco, California November 13, 2015.

Whose freedom, President Sisi?

If the military-backed government had succeeded in getting its view of freedom into the brains of all, or even most, Egyptians, then they could simply take freedom as they define it for granted.

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

Saudi women in education

Properly educating all females – not just those who want to be doctors – seems highly necessary to me.

Women in Saudi Arabi attend an education conference seminar.

Shakespeare, single moms, and the illegitimate

'King Lear''s Edmund is depicted as a villain and as someone who came into existence due to lust, that word which is much connected to Satan.

Mother and Baby

Will the Morsi trial change the Egyptian judicial system?

Muslim Brotherhood activists, like millions of Egyptians, feel that Egypt’s judge-only system is unfair and biased, and claim that the trials of, for example, ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his regime, were show trials.

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Saudi women are not just desperate housewives

All-female medical team of Saudi women sends message to the West.

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A credible peace mediator needed

Neither Egypt nor America can be a credible peace broker for Palestine and Israel. The region needs a new peace mediator. Who could it be?

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Perhaps some Arab women want male guardianship?

If Britain wants Islamic countries to drop such a system of male guardianship, they should first ask Arab women.

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The coup systemically caused Egypt's crisis

Yes, the coup d'état on June 30 systemically caused Egypt's crisis. Let's say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation

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Framing the protester

The Egyptian media insist, ‘either you are with the government, or you are with terror.’

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