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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Arab women

The scene of the murder of an 18-year-old woman in the western Galilee on June 9, 2023. (screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 8, 2024, 10:30 am
Domestic violence rates nearly doubled since Oct. 7. Eight women were murdered in 2024
Experts at conference on femicide say it’s not the more widespread availability of weapons that is killing women, it’s the indifference of those meant to protect them
By Diana Bletter
Police and medical personnel at the entrance to Hura on June 17, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
June 17, 2023, 7:26 pm
12-year-old girl dies in Negev; tire tracks found on her chest
Girl’s family claims she died of heat stroke after being left in car, but police open investigation after finding evidence she was run over
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox young women in the Adva training program, which aims to teach them with tech skill (Courtesy)
January 30, 2023, 3:09 pm
Women still only about a third of tech employees in Israel
New report by Power in Diversity also shows Arab and ultra-Orthodox participation rates in the tech workforce remain low
By Sharon Wrobel
Iraqi actress Enas Taleb, July 2022. (Ammar Albadri/Photo provided by Enas Taleb via AP)
August 17, 2022, 11:58 am
Economist article on ‘fat’ Arab women panned as misogynistic, body-shaming
Iraqi actress Enas Taleb sues UK magazine for defamation, as controversial piece renews discussion of body image, Western beauty standards in conservative societies
By Isabel Debre and MAGGIE HYDE
Palestinian student Afaf al-Najar, speaks during an interview at the sea side beach restaurant in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
November 5, 2021, 10:10 am
Gaza woman’s plans to study abroad foiled by Hamas ‘guardian’ law
Afaf al-Najar was turned away from the Rafah crossing because her estranged father filed a petition to block her from traveling to Turkey to attend university
By Fares Akram
Zahia Abu-Armeilah with her beehive in East Jerusalem's Abu Tor neighborhood. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 17, 2021, 6:06 am
Amateur Palestinian beekeepers bring a new buzz to East Jerusalem rooftops
In two years, the Sinsila project in East Jerusalem has taught almost 100 women how to cultivate bees for saleable honey and grow plants and vegetables at home
By Sue Surkes
Egyptian Basketball referee Sarah Gamal watches players during a match between the Al-Ittihad and Al-Geish teams at the Al-Ittihad Al-Sakandari Arena in the country's northern city of Alexandria, on April 17, 2021. (Photo by Hazem GOUDA / AFP)
April 27, 2021, 5:11 pm
First Arab woman basketball referee takes on Tokyo Olympics
Sarah Gamal, 32, of Egypt says she hasn’t heard ‘one negative comment or faced any obstacles to me being a veiled woman’ since she started refereeing
By AFP
Suha Mansour, who was killed in Tira on April 12, 2021. (courtesy)
April 12, 2021, 10:10 pm
Woman, 38, shot dead in her beauty parlor in central city of Tira
Shooter fires volley at Suha Mansour, then flees scene; homicide brings to 26 the number of Arab citizens killed in violent crimes this year
By ToI Staff
Kafr Kanna, in the Galilee region, March 28, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 12, 2020, 3:21 pm
Man stabbed to death in northern village, reportedly by uncle
Police say 43-year-old relative of victim has been arrested in connection with the killing in Kafr Kanna
By ToI Staff
The Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 11, 2020, 7:56 am
Woman shot dead in southern Bedouin city, reportedly in front of baby daughter
Police investigating killing of Hanin al-Abeed, 30, in Rahat; legal documents say she suffered domestic abuse by several members of her family
By Aaron Boxerman
Newly-elected Ra'am MK, Iman Khatib-Yasin. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90/ via Zman)
April 4, 2020, 7:58 am
How Israel’s first hijab-wearing MK plans to fight for Arab women
Newly elected to the Joint List, self-described feminist Iman Khatib-Yasin has widespread support from both sexes as she accuses the Jewish state of the ultimate sexist suppression
By Ira Tolchin Immergluck
Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj leads an identity workshop with ICAN fellows at McGill University in Montreal, 2018. (Courtesy)
February 17, 2020, 3:38 am
Far from her village, rare Bedouin feminist fights for Israeli women and peace
Now armed with a PhD in Canada, Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj pursues her vision for greater equality between men, women, Jews, and Arabs in her homeland
By Robert Sarner
In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 photo, human rights lawyer Huda Nasrallah poses for a portrait at her office in Cairo, Egypt (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
November 15, 2019, 11:23 am
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Since her father’s death, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has demanded an equal share of property left to her two brothers; Islamic inheritance laws favor male heirs
By NOHA ELHENNAWY
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein holds her daughter Al Jalilah in her lap during the award ceremony of Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
July 30, 2019, 8:07 pm
Jordanian princess makes first public appearance since fleeing Dubai
Haya Bint Al Hussein, a daughter of King Hussein, is fighting for custody of her children in a British court
By ToI Staff
A Saudi woman displays her new driver's license in 2018. (Saudi Information Ministry/ via AP)
July 28, 2019, 3:20 am
Rising from ashes of Arab Spring, women lead a first Muslim feminist revolution
The often violent upheaval sweeping the Middle East in the last decade has also spurred women to cling to gains earned as they fight, and rebuild, alongside men
By Ksenia Svetlova
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