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To Be a Woman in Fenced Geographies

20
Nov 2017
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Monday 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

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Sana El-Aji is a Moroccan writer and journalist who is a regular contributor to numerous press and news platforms inside and outside Morocco. She is well-known for her courage in raising sensitive issues, especially those related to Moroccan women and their freedoms, with a bold presentation style that always references sociological concepts due to her formal education as a sociologist at the University of Saint-Denis, Paris.

From the idea of a house that opens its door to the cultures and sciences of the peoples, to the house whose owner used to write and gather what happens in the place and outside it … the house of Abdullah Al Zayed was the first to found journalism in Bahrain with a modern press and library. He was also the first to open a cinema. He was the only editor who worked passionately to publish the weekly Bahrain Newspaper, and even encouraged aspirants to write about literature and culture.

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