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Our women on the ground essays by Arab women reporting from the Arab world

19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconn...

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Main Authors: Al-Ghoul, Asmaa, 1982- (Author), Karam, Zeina (Author), Khalaf, Roula (Author), Malas, Nour (Author), Saad, Hwaida (Author), Al-Sharif, Amira (Author), Shibani, Heba (Author), Sinjab, Lina (Author), Yazbeck, Natacha (Author), Abu-Nasr, Donna (Author), Alami, Adida (Author), Allam, Hannah (Author), Arraf, Jane (Author), Attalah, Lina (Author), Bakri, Nada (Author), Elnoor, Shamael (Author), Erhaim, Zaina (Author), Hassan, Hindi (Author), Helal, Eman (Author)
Other Authors: Hankir, Zahra (Editor), Amanpour, Christiane (writer of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Subjects:
Women journalists > Arab countries > Biography.
Reporters and reporting > Arab countries.
Women in journalism > Arab countries.
Women in the mass media industry > Arab countries.
Women > Arab countries > Social conditions.
Biographies.
Essays.
Informational works.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword /
  • by Christiane Amanpour
  • Introduction : Sahafiya /
  • by Zahra Hankir
  • Remembrances.
  • The woman question /
  • by Hannah Allam ;
  • Love and loss in a time of revolution /
  • by Nada Bakri ;
  • What normal? /
  • by Hwaida Saad ;
  • On a belated encounter with gender /
  • by Lina Attalah
  • Crossfire.
  • Maps of Iraq /
  • by Jane Arraf ;
  • Spin /
  • by Natacha Yazbeck ;
  • Bint el-Balad /
  • by Nour Malas ;
  • Hull & Hawija /
  • by Hind Hassan
  • Resilience.
  • Just stop /
  • by Eman Helal ;
  • Three Girls from Morocco /
  • by Aida Alami ;
  • Words, not weapons /
  • by Shamael Elnoor ;
  • Yemeni women with fighting spirits /
  • by Amira al-Sharif
  • Explosions.
  • Between the explosions /
  • by Asmaa al-Ghoul ;
  • Fight or flight /
  • by Heba Shibani ;
  • Breathing fear /
  • by Lina Sinjab ;
  • Hurma /
  • by Zaina Erhaim
  • Transition.
  • Syria undone /
  • by Zeina Karam ;
  • An orange bra in Riyadh /
  • by Donna Abu-Nasr ;
  • Dying breed /
  • by Roula Khalaf.

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