Sky news Several groups providing aid in Afghanistan have suspended their operations, after the Taliban ruled women could no longer work for non-governmental organisations with immediate effect. On 24 December, the Taliban said the ban on female employees was because some had not adhered to the Taliban’s interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women. Save The […]
BBC- A female Iranian climber who competed with her hair uncovered did so because her hijab fell off “inadvertently”, a post on her Instagram account says. Elnaz Rekabi, 33, was praised by those protesting against Iran’s dress code after video showed her violating it at the Asian Championships in South Korea. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63297219
Ernaux’s writing has spoken particularly to women and to others who, like her, come from a working class seldom depicted with such clarity in literature. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/books/annie-ernaux-nobel-prize-literature.html
