<![CDATA[clovenhooves - Middle East & Arab Region]]> https://clovenhooves.org/ Wed, 06 May 2026 13:29:30 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Too Israeli for the world, too Arab for Israelis, women’s olive oil collective presses on]]> https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=1889 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:33 +0000 Elsacat]]> https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=1889 Article

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Not posting this to start any political fights, and certainly not a sponsored post. But because I thought it was a nice story about Sindyanna, an olive oil (and other foods) brand I didn't even know existed until today, the women who make it possible, and the women who are helped by it. They've been making products for 20 years, holding workshops, and trying to build relationships and goodwill amidst all the troubles in the region.

Make olive oil and other goodies, not war!

For anyone who, like me, is interested in trying their products, here's where to buy.]]> Article

Archive (scroll down to get to the content)

Not posting this to start any political fights, and certainly not a sponsored post. But because I thought it was a nice story about Sindyanna, an olive oil (and other foods) brand I didn't even know existed until today, the women who make it possible, and the women who are helped by it. They've been making products for 20 years, holding workshops, and trying to build relationships and goodwill amidst all the troubles in the region.

Make olive oil and other goodies, not war!

For anyone who, like me, is interested in trying their products, here's where to buy.]]> <![CDATA[“Afghanistan, My Motherland, Is Slipping Into Darkness”]]> https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=1561 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:21:08 +0000 Clover]]> https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=1561 https://x.com/WDIAfghanistan1/status/1970279779103367265

WDI Afghanistan From an Afghan women:-
“Afghanistan, My Motherland, Is Slipping Into Darkness

The Taliban regime has begun shutting down fiber optic internet in major provinces, with plans to expand nationwide. Soon, only licensed businesses may access platforms like WhatsApp, leaving ordinary Afghans—especially women—completely cut off from the outside world.

This move comes alongside the banning of all books authored by women from universities, with libraries being stripped of these works. With every book removed, with every word silenced, Afghan women are being pushed further into isolation.

For Afghan women, the internet has been more than a tool—it has been their classroom, their platform, their bridge to one another, and their only means of being heard. To take that away is to erase them from the present and steal their future.

We cannot remain bystanders. As women of every nation and race, we must stand in solidarity with Afghan women. Their fight for dignity, knowledge, and freedom is our fight too. Silence only empowers oppression.”
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WDI Afghanistan From an Afghan women:-
“Afghanistan, My Motherland, Is Slipping Into Darkness

The Taliban regime has begun shutting down fiber optic internet in major provinces, with plans to expand nationwide. Soon, only licensed businesses may access platforms like WhatsApp, leaving ordinary Afghans—especially women—completely cut off from the outside world.

This move comes alongside the banning of all books authored by women from universities, with libraries being stripped of these works. With every book removed, with every word silenced, Afghan women are being pushed further into isolation.

For Afghan women, the internet has been more than a tool—it has been their classroom, their platform, their bridge to one another, and their only means of being heard. To take that away is to erase them from the present and steal their future.

We cannot remain bystanders. As women of every nation and race, we must stand in solidarity with Afghan women. Their fight for dignity, knowledge, and freedom is our fight too. Silence only empowers oppression.”
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/when-britains-feminists-cheer-bombs-and-sneer-palestinian-suffering]]> <![CDATA[Karama (based in Egypt, office in Jordan)]]> https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=794 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:56:45 +0000 Clover]]> https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=794 Who We Are Founded by Hibaaq Osman, Karama is a regional NGO based in Cairo, Egypt with an office in Amman, Jordan. Operating throughout the Arab region, Karama has built a strong coalition with hundreds of partners in thirteen countries—including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen.

Karama works with the broadest network – with women, men, youth, academics, activists, community leaders, politicians, parliamentarians, and others in an effort to end and reform discriminatory laws and practices and promote women’s advancement, security, and protection in all aspects of public and private life.

Karama has effected advocacy, capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and exchange, and policymaking at the national, regional, and international levels. Many of our recommendations have been adopted into new and existing constitutions, as well as official recommendations made to the state by international bodies such as the UN.From https://www.el-karama.org/who-we-are-too

Mission Statement Karama aims to end all types of violence against women in Africa and the Arab region, and to ensure that women are able to participate fully in the decision-making processes that affect them. We mobilize women’s influence and participation through political, legal and civil activism to address women’s advancement, security, protection, and participation. Karama works through partners in 13 countries in the Middle East and Africa through national and regional women's networks. Our work seeks to increase communities’ understanding of women’s rights, supporting them to secure the positive changes they want, based on international human rights mechanisms.
From https://www.elkara.ma/what-we-do

New website: https://www.elkara.ma/]]> Who We Are Founded by Hibaaq Osman, Karama is a regional NGO based in Cairo, Egypt with an office in Amman, Jordan. Operating throughout the Arab region, Karama has built a strong coalition with hundreds of partners in thirteen countries—including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen.

Karama works with the broadest network – with women, men, youth, academics, activists, community leaders, politicians, parliamentarians, and others in an effort to end and reform discriminatory laws and practices and promote women’s advancement, security, and protection in all aspects of public and private life.

Karama has effected advocacy, capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and exchange, and policymaking at the national, regional, and international levels. Many of our recommendations have been adopted into new and existing constitutions, as well as official recommendations made to the state by international bodies such as the UN.From https://www.el-karama.org/who-we-are-too

Mission Statement Karama aims to end all types of violence against women in Africa and the Arab region, and to ensure that women are able to participate fully in the decision-making processes that affect them. We mobilize women’s influence and participation through political, legal and civil activism to address women’s advancement, security, protection, and participation. Karama works through partners in 13 countries in the Middle East and Africa through national and regional women's networks. Our work seeks to increase communities’ understanding of women’s rights, supporting them to secure the positive changes they want, based on international human rights mechanisms.
From https://www.elkara.ma/what-we-do

New website: https://www.elkara.ma/]]>