November 12th, 2004 Are Sharia Laws and Human Rights Compatible? In their correspondence, Emran Qureshi (journalist and expert for Islam and human rights) and Heba Raouf Ezzat (lecturer for political science and womens’ rights activist) discuss the role of the sharia in Islamic countries and in how far sharia laws are compatible with human [...]
Bahrain Women & Men Guardianship & Testimony Discrimination or Justice Complicated Issues Bahrain Women Association will address during its Second Open Discussion “Women: A New Paradigm” In the context of Bahrain Women Association (BWA) project ” Women: A New Paradigm” launched on 21st of March this year, the second open discussion will be held in Manama [...]
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THE designer hijab (headscarf or veil) and abaya (the Arab black long robe) are simply gorgeous. Well, yes, they cost a bomb, but these are “proper” Islamic wear. So can a Muslim add them to her wardrobe? “No,” says Dr Heba Raouf Ezzat, a member of the Council of 100 for Western-Islamic Understanding. She was [...]
How to bring Islam, democracy and modernity into a new relationship with each other is a major challenge for 21st-century Muslims. In meeting it, the Egyptian scholar-activist Heba Ezzat is also taking her ideas into the arena of global civil society. openDemocracy’s Rosemary Bechler talks to her. READ FULL ARTCLE HERE
Rosemary Bechler, 11 May 2005 A Muslim civil society activist and politics professor in Egypt is a new kind of cultural ambassador, says Rosemary Bechler Heba Raouf Ezzat and her husband Ahmed Mohammed Abdalla were in 1999 amongst the founders of IslamOnline, whose aim – articulated by the Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi – was to [...]
