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2015 paper written by Oguma Eiji containing lots of interesting historical information about the Japanese radical and student movements of 1968, including historical background and aftermath.
IN-DEPTH / IN-DEPTH Sugarcoated 'free' press Photo: VCG The notorious self-acclaimed journalist organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual "press freedom index" in April. Not surprisingly, this neither authoritative nor professional group, having frequently showed the public its anti-China stance, ranked China fourth from the bottom. On May 3, the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, Cedric Alviani, head of RSF's East Asia Bureau, reportedly openly smeared China as the "worst enemy of freedom of the press and expression." It is obvious that the ranking of pres...
Today Kate Raphael talks with San Francisco State Professor Rabab Abdulhadi about the life of one of Eygpt’s most famous feminists Nawal el Saadawi who died recently. Sadaawi’s 1977 book, titled in English, The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, looked at practices such as clitoridectomy and workplace rape in the context of class and colonialism as well as culture. It was published in the United States with a foreword by Gloria Steinem. But first Lisa Dettmer talks to Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia) who is a formerly unhoused, incarcerated poverty scholar, revolutionary journa...
Nawal El Saadawi’s intellectual life reflected eight decades of Arab society and culture Sunday, April 4, 2021 10:20 AM UTC Egypt’s Nawal El Saadawi was the foremost Arab feminist thinker of the past 50 years. Her ideas inspired generations of Arab women, but also provoked controversy and criticism. She was prolific, publishing over 50 books of fiction and non fiction in Arabic, many translated and receiving global attention. Focusing on sex, politics, and religion, El Saadawi believed that patriarchy, capitalism and imperialism are intertwined systems that oppress Arab women and preven...
"They don't want any really courageous people!" The spirited Egyptian author and feminist Nawal El Saadawi is not afraid of castigating the hypocrisy of the political system and the continued violations of women's rights in her country. Arian Fariborz spoke to her in Cairo Ms Saadawi, do you see yourself primarily as a writer or as a political campaigner for women's rights? Nawal El Saadawi: I don't like the word "political". I hate politics! It's a dirty game. I see myself as a creative writer, because I write novels and plays as well as scholarly treatises, both fiction and non-fiction.