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Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Then-Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked at a conference of the Srugim news website, in Jerusalem, on October 30, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 2:22 pm
Interior minister orders expulsion of woman seeking asylum from genital mutilation
Despite refugee advisory board saying Sierra Leone citizen should be allowed to stay, Shaked says it would be ‘absurd’ to protect her when Israel allows male circumcision
By ToI Staff
British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady was held in Iran for three months before being released on bail on November 21, 2019. (Facebook)
February 13, 2021, 12:39 pm
Academic who fled Iran when charged with visiting Israel accused of sexual abuse
4 women reportedly say they were assaulted by Kameel Ahmady, others allege repeated sexual harassment; UK-British national crossed mountain border after being sentenced to 9 years
By AFP
British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady was held in Iran for three months before being released on bail on November 21, 2019. (Facebook)
February 3, 2021, 7:35 pm
UK-Iranian academic charged with visiting Israel says he fled Iran while on bail
Kameel Ahmady, also accused of promoting homosexuality, describes escape across mountain border after being sentenced to 9 years in jail
By AFP and ToI Staff
British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady was held in Iran for three months before being released on bail on November 21, 2019. (Facebook)
December 14, 2020, 9:50 am
Iran jails British-Iranian academic for visiting Israel, promoting homosexuality
Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, who researched child marriage and female genital mutilation, sentenced to 9 years for list of charges including trip to Israel as a reporter
By AP
Sudanese women and youth walk together in the capital Khartoum's district of Jureif Ghar on May 5, 2020 (ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)
May 6, 2020, 9:13 am
Women hail victory as Sudan moves to ban genital mutilation
Transitional authorities expected to ratify amendments to punish those who perform operation with up to 3 years in jail and fine; nearly 9 out of 10 Sudanese girls are victims
By Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali
British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady was held in Iran for three months before being released on bail on November 21, 2019. (Facebook)
November 21, 2019, 4:10 pm
Iran releases detained British-Iranian academic on bail
Kameel Ahmady, an anthropologist who has written about female genital mutilation in the nation, is under suspicion of links to foreign intelligence services
By AFP
Hayim Leiter
April 13, 2018, 3:33 pm
Hayim Leiter
The mother of all lies
Brit milah can be traumatic — for a parent; the babies simply do not experience ‘near-death distress’
Speaker Florence Schechter addresses an audience at a Limmud Festival in Birmingham, England, December 28, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 6, 2018, 5:51 am
This Jewish woman is creating the world’s first vagina museum
Florence Schechter has heard every joke on the subject since announcing her new project, but aims to shed light on serious issues facing women today
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Alan Dershowitz, law professor and political commentator( Gidon Markowicz/Flash90)
June 13, 2017, 6:33 am
Alan Dershowitz says he’s trying ‘to help end’ female genital mutilation
Lawyer explains why he’s assisting a Muslim group accused of promoting the practice
By Ben Sales
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik (YouTube screenshot)
June 10, 2017, 9:59 am
Mosque leader quits after imam’s genital mutilation comment
Shaker Elsayed described the practice as a way to avoid ‘hypersexuality’ and ‘the honorable thing to do if needed’
By Matthew Barakat
British police officer arrests an activist from FEMEN, a group opposed to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), during a protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
April 14, 2017, 10:13 am
US doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls
Michigan woman faces a maximum sentence of life behind bars for procedure on girls aged six to eight
By AP
Residents pass a kiosk, center, that is used as a clinic where girls are circumcised by a barber, in the Imbaba area of Giza, Egypt, Novenbe 26, 2012. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
August 31, 2016, 11:04 pm
Egypt parliament toughens penalties for female circumcision
Those caught carrying out genital mutilation, prevalent in Egypt but criminalized in 2008, could face 7 years in prison
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Egyptian women. (AP/Amr Nabil/File)
May 31, 2016, 2:08 am
Egypt investigates teenage girl’s death during circumcision
Female genital mutilation, banned in 2008, remains widespread in the country, according to UN researchers
By AFP
Ayaan Hirsi Ali in 2007. (photo credit: AP/Shiho Fukada)
December 14, 2015, 6:49 am
Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2 others awarded Lantos Human Rights Prize
Women’s rights activist is an outspoken critic of child marriage, female genital mutilation and honor violence in Islam
By JTA
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