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How much does Saudi Arabia hate women? So much so that 15 girls died in a school fire in Mecca in 2002, after “morality police” barred them from fleeing the burning building — and kept firefighters from rescuing them — because the girls were not wearing headscarves and cloaks required in public. And nothing happened. No one was put on trial. Parents were silenced. 

from Mona Eltahawy’s Why Do They Hate Us? 

NOTE: Everyone who reads this article needs to subsequently watch this interview because there are so many complexities to the plight of the Arab or Muslim women that no one has the time to address in a short article. Also these pictures are an inaccurate representation of Mona’s message, and simply perpetuating sensationalized media, not of good reporting. DO NOTjust read this article with preconceived notions from these photos and DO NOT get caught up in presentation and miss the point. What matters is Mona’s message. Though controversial, it brings up good points and cultural relativity only goes so far. 
I am also sick of people saying life is more dangerous for women in America than women in the Middle East. No one is a statistic. For some women, America might be more dangerous, for others, the Middle East. And there are so many for whom life is in an unthinkable peril who don’t even come close to these two regions. So it is unfair to compare the two situations. 
The “war on women” that we talk about in the United States is not comparable to the “war on women” in the Muslim-majority nations — not because one side is worse or better, but because they are altogether different situations. Drawing parallels is one thing, but putting these two situations on the same level is unacceptable. For all those who talk about intersectionality, it’s important to understand the differences between these two very narrowly defined and very different people. 

Preach, girl.

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