As a feminist of Egyptian and Muslim descent, my life's work has been informed by the belief that religion and culture must never be used to justify the subjugation of women.
Mona EltahawyRead
Anti-U.S. sentiment has been born out of many grievances - support and weapons for such dictators as Mubarak, unquestionable support for Israel in its occupation of Palestine, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen that kill more civilians than intended targets.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the grievances that fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in the Middle East.
Mona Eltahawy's quote articulates the various reasons behind the hostility towards the United States in the context of Middle Eastern politics. She identifies the support for authoritarian regimes, unwavering backing of Israel, and military actions that lead to civilian casualties as significant factors contributing to widespread resentment. This sentiment underscores the consequences of foreign policy decisions and their impact on global perceptions and relations.
Themes
Anti-UsSentimentGrievancesForeign PolicyMiddle East
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a discussion about U.S. foreign policy in academic settings.
More from Mona Eltahawy
All quotes →I'm no fan of Sarkozy, but I support a ban on face veils because they erase women from society and are promoted by an ultra-conservative ideology that equates piety with the disappearance of women.
Mona EltahawyRead
It is the harassers and assaulters who make us 'look bad,' not the women who have every right to expose crimes against them.
Mona EltahawyRead
I can write about my culture and religion because I am a product of both. Even when I'm accused of giving ammunition to the Islamophobic right, in the struggle between 'community' and 'women,' I always choose the women.
Mona EltahawyRead
I believe at the heart of any revolution for social justice and human dignity are consent and agency, the unequivocal belief that I own my body - not the state, not the church/mosque/temple, not the street and not the family.
Mona EltahawyRead
I will never ally with Islamophobes and racists. But in the choice between 'community' and Muslim women, I will always choose my sisters.
Mona EltahawyRead
Similar quotes
Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.
Robert KennedyRead
If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.
George H. W. BushRead
If Obama's enormous symbolic power draws primarily from being the country's first black president, it also draws from his membership in hip-hop's foundational generation.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesRead
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
TacitusRead
The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided. Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
Noam ChomskyRead
We must have faith, first, that the peasant masses are ready to advance step by step along the road of socialism under the leadership of the Party, and second, that the Party is capable of leading the peasants along this road. These two points are the essence of the matter, the main current.
Mao ZedongRead