Mona Eltahawy has written essays and op-eds for publications worldwide on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including women's rights, patriarchy, and Muslim political and social affairs.
17 Facts About Mona Eltahawy
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Mona Eltahawy's work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the Miami Herald among others.
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Mona Eltahawy has been a guest analyst on US radio and television news shows.
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Mona Eltahawy's family moved to the UK when she was 7 and then to Saudi Arabia when she was 15.
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Mona Eltahawy graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1990 with a bachelor's degree and in 1992 she earned a master's degree in Mass Communication with a concentration in Journalism.
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Mona Eltahawy moved to the United States in 2000 and gained American citizenship in 2011.
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From 2003 to 2004, Mona Eltahawy was managing editor of the Arabic-language version of Women's eNews, an independent, non-profit news website that covers women's issues from around the world.
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Mona Eltahawy wrote a weekly column for the Saudi-owned, London-based international Arab publication Asharq Al-Awsat from 2004 to 2006 before her articles were discontinued by editor Tariq Alhomayed for being "too critical" of the Egyptian regime.
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Mona Eltahawy defended herself by saying what she had done was freedom of expression and that her actions were civil disobedience.
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In September 2019, Mona Eltahawy released her second book, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.
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Mona Eltahawy was a board member of the Progressive Muslim Union of North America during its existence from 2004 to 2006.
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Mona Eltahawy has criticised the regimes of both Hosni Mubarak and the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood, referring to them as "old, out-of-touch men".
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In November 2011, Mona Eltahawy faced repercussions by Egyptian security forces as a result of her criticism.
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Mona Eltahawy speaks out on women's rights in the Arab world, attacking female genital mutilation.
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Mona Eltahawy is a supporter of LGBTQ rights all over the world and an African Arab supporter as well as an anarchist feminist.
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In 2020, Mona Eltahawy began publishing personal essays and political commentary via her newsletter, Feminist Giant.
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Mona Eltahawy declared that she had undergone two abortions: one illegal procedure in Egypt when she was 29 and a legal one in Seattle, United States, four years later when she was married.