myths and metaphors of Arab women's sexuality
by Her
written in retaliation to Cairo’s masturbating taxi drivers and other urban perverts
How can you ask the Arab woman to celebrate her body? Will an Arab sexual revolution ever occur? Can the current pantheon of Arab feminists address the sexual curiosities of present and forthcoming generations of Arab adolescents? Or shall the prurient continue to seek sexual education in the pages of foreign magazines that adorn their local newsstands, boldly advisory on matters of sensual pleasures that neither haboba nor imam can answer? Isn’t Cosmopolitan more resourceful to the sexually speculative Arab girl than Sayidati? Is Arabo-medical feminism explicit enough regarding women’s sexual health issues? These are but some of the modern conundrums that occupy relative space in every-day Arab feminist rhetoric, but are hardly ever effectively answered nor given significant attention.