Mona Eltahawy: Headscarves and Hymens
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Cairo-based Egyptian writer and activist Mona Eltahawy, a fearless advocate for human rights in her home country and in the Arab world at large, discusses her new book, Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution, which rails against what she views as a “toxic mix of culture and religion.”