Brenda Gazzar, Author at Women's eNews

Lesbian Palestinians Break Social Taboos

By Brenda Gazzar ● Arts & Culture ● April 3, 2007

The group Aswat–Voices in Arabic–is breaking the silence for Palestinian Arab lesbians. On March 28, it held its first public conference and released a groundbreaking book despite bitter opposition by the Islamic Movement.

Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Women Reach for Better Jobs

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● March 12, 2007

A small but growing number of ultra-Orthodox women in Israel’s Haredi community are earning nontraditional degrees and better incomes. Second in a series on women changing religious institutions and practices.

Israeli Activists Urge President to Step Down

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● January 26, 2007

Israel was rocked this week by news that President Katsav faces indictment on sexual assault charges brought by former employees. Female politicians are leading a chorus of people calling on Katsav to resign his ceremonial position.

Israeli Women Challenge Meaning of Security

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● January 19, 2007

When Israel holds a high-level meeting on national security next week, Israeli women’s groups will meet on the sidelines to discuss the harmful effects of last summer’s war on Lebanon and recommend ways to defuse nuclear tensions in the region.

Israeli Activists Call Enlistment a Woman’s Choice

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● December 21, 2006

An Israeli woman who refused military enlistment is spending two weeks in army jail instead. Like others who balk at military service, she is supported by a small but active group that supports conscientious objectors on feminist principles.

Single Is Tricky for Reporter in Jerusalem

By Brenda Gazzar ● Commentary ● November 16, 2006

In Jerusalem, Brenda Gazzar says questions about her marital status and social calendar come with the job of female foreign correspondent. A new equal opportunity commission created by the Knesset may help cool all that.

Palestinian Women Pay Health Toll at Checkpoints

By Brenda Gazzar ● Health & Science ● November 12, 2006

In the past six years, at least four pregnant women and 34 newborns have died after mothers were delayed at Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza. Volunteers and aid groups are working to ease access restrictions.

Jewish and Arab Women Unite Against War

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● August 4, 2006

Members of a newly formed group in Israel, Women Against War, say they can’t abide the violence taking place in Lebanon and Gaza. Despite animosity and even death threats, they are protesting nearly every day in the northern city of Haifa.

U.S. Muslim Women Weigh Anti-Islam Firebrand

By Brenda Gazzar ● Uncategorized ● July 16, 2006

Wafa Sultan’s criticism of Islam has been a lightning rod for Islamic-Western tensions. Her views concerning women and Islam are no less controversial and Muslim women say they would rather see women reforming the religion from within.

Palestinians Debate Women’s Future Under Hamas

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● April 23, 2006

Since its January victory, Hamas has been preoccupied with first forming and now running a controversial government. But some Palestinian women fear the Islamist government will at some point start curbing women’s rights.

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