Despite political and economic challenges in Yemen during 2025, women remained excluded from decision-making, while civil society organizations provided support and empowerment amid violence and weakening protections for women’s rights.
At a time when women are struggling for their labor rights, the scene in Tunisia reflects the reality of thousands of women who suffer in silence inside factories.
Egyptian novelist May Telmissany believes women writers today are bolder, exposing taboos and writing autobiographically through confessional narratives, despite what she calls persistent reader voyeurism in contemporary literary culture globally.