No

I wish we had machines that channeled our anger for us.

Your daily routine: do the dishes, hang the laundry, channel your anger down an eco-friendly disposer. Or sweat it out through your skin. Or spit it out like mucus. Something, anything, besides this soul-wrenching process of convincing you why I have the right to feel the way I do.

I suppose it’s not a secret that parts of Beirut are witnessing or have witnessed in the past year periods of political tension. Regardless if these political tensions were directed “civil” strives, it is important for me to look closer at how these tensions affect the lives of women that are part of the social fabric of these neighborhoods.

Suad Joseph has spent decades thinking about the interface of gender, family and state in the Middle East and, as such, is well situated to discuss

This Friday, October 29, you are invited to take part in celebrating International Rural Women’s Day at 7pm in Cafe Gemmayze. Rural women cooperatives will be hosting you for dinner. Tickets are for $25. Our team will be going and interviewing some of the women for Sawt Al Niswa. Join us! Click the poster below for more info.