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Hello Friends! Somehow Sunday has come again to close one of these feel-long-but-go-in-a-flash weeks 2020 has specialized in. So here I am with my list of #recommendedreads about #Africa #WomensRights & #Feminism, and an exciting announcement!
#EyalaReads #SundayReads
If you know (or just follow) me you will know that #feminist sisterhood is the core of what I am about. So of course @TheJamaJack's ode to the sisters who nurture her is at the top of this reading list. Thank you sis for sharing!

bit.ly/2Bx2wKV #EyalaReads
@TheJamaJack piece reminded me of what Dr. Celeste Henery wrote in @HistoryWO about radical friendships: "a type of friendship, driven by an uncertain but no less wondrous attempt to become more of ourselves. I would call it sacred." On point.

bit.ly/3006cOB #EyalaReads
Speaking about sisters, let me share @fatenaggad's article about what it has been like for her to keep her dignity intact in a racist workplace full of #globaldev do-gooders. Faten's quiet yet ruthless determination is giving me life.

bit.ly/3f25ntd #EyalaReads
Let's talk about talking about love. @uyai__ made a movie about queer love in #Nigeria. @biwomdz produced it. We know exactly who is going to try and take it down. So let's show up and support it. Read more: cnn.it/3g2KMpU

@equality_hub #EyalaReads
A look at what's happening outside of Africa: This piece about the rise in female terrorism in Indonesia is worth a read. In @sister_hood_mag (a brilliant digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage)
bit.ly/32ZMWCT #EyalaReads
Afro-Brazilian film-maker and activist Éthel Oliveira is on a mission to ensure the legacy of Marielle Franco lasts beyond the headlines. Her interview with @blkwomenradical was one of my favorite reads of the week.

bit.ly/2CHYhwS #EyalaReads
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC delivered a near-perfect speech earlier this week. But as @rtraister notes, the media coverage "perpetuated exactly the gendered power imbalances the speech was meant to challenge." Infuriating.

bit.ly/39vJ4eb in @TheCut #EyalaReads
Announcement: In the lead-up to #AfricanWomensDay I'll be speaking with amazing #Afrifem about how to #FlipTheScript on the oppressive narratives & social norms African womxn face. (Thanks to @Oxfam's #SayEnough campaign for being a dope partner). More details tomorrow but...
I wanted my #EyalaReads friends to be the first to register for the #FliptTheScript webinar on Friday 31 July at 2pm GMT with SRHR advocate @drtlaleng, writer @nas009, grassroots activist @rachaelmwiks, trans rights activist Cleo Kambugu & others.

👉🏾👉🏾: bit.ly/2EoNtUV

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Sep 20, 2020
What do we do on Sundays? (I mean, before the cleaning, cooking, stopping kids' squabbles, and trying to crack the code of how to fit both work & homeschooling in the coming week). We read! So here's #EyalaReads, your recommended reads about #Africa #WomensRights & #Feminism.
"Grief is a cruel kind of education." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote how grieving for her father, but also about who he was. It's a beautiful and moving piece. Uncomfortably intimate at times, especially because she has been so private so far.
bit.ly/2RHkajN @NewYorker
"Volatile times call for complex and imaginative cultural stories." Read @MsAfropolitan's thoughts about African #feminism and afropolitanism today. (Blogging tip: see how she links back to her own blog when she guest-posts? We learn oh!)

bit.ly/2Hc6Xx7 @brittlepaper
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Sep 13, 2020
Another Sunday, another #EyalaReads! Setting time aside on Sunday mornings to go through my bookmarks is my version of Auntie Maxine's "reclaiming my time". Sharing a selection of great reads about #Africa #WomensRights and #Feminism with you all is the icing on the cake. Enjoy!
"The stigmatization of single motherhood is a patriarchal strategy used to police women into heterosexual submission." @Married2_Coffee wrote about single mothers in #SouthSudan and you should read this!
bit.ly/35wSKFp
@monaeltahawy started a newsletter! It's called #Feminist Giant and it's dope. Of the few issues I've received so far, this one is my favorite. It's about the Beijing conference, #Covid_19, and "the Multiplicity of Fuckeries." Sign up!

bit.ly/3bRZw9I #EyalaReads
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Sep 6, 2020
2020 truly is the year of weird: good or bad, everything feels strange. I'm grateful for the sense of normalcy #EyalaReads brings on the Sundays I'm able to curate it, and for you for reading with me. Enjoy this week's roundup of my fav reads on #Africa #WomensRights & #Feminism!
If you read only one thing this week, this is the one. Jesmyn Ward wrote her heart out in @VanityFair and I felt everything: the grief, the fatigue, the anger, the hope. Read this, it is magnificent.
bit.ly/3212NAn #EyalaReads
Ta-Nehisi Coates did a spectacular job as a guest-editor of The Great Fire, @VanityFair's September issue, about race relations and #racism in the US. I loved the interview Angela Davis gave @ava. Great insights for us African feminists, too.
bit.ly/356BPJk #EyalaReads
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Aug 27, 2020
Eyala's third season kicks off today! I'm so excited to share this interview with Kenyan human rights lawyer Kavinya Makau aka @kaviemakau, a #feminist who preaches the Lorde's word and practices it too! Don't miss this great conversation.

bit.ly/2QvO9ua #EyalaTalk
"I’ve always been clear that my view as a #feminist and a human rights defender is that there is no hierarchy of rights." @kaviemakau defines #feminism for herself and explains how she goes about embodying her values in her daily life.
bit.ly/3llHb9m #EyalaTalk
I met @kaviemakau 10 years ago as a young professional with a huge task to handle. She gave me great advice then about #selfcare and #feminism. Here, she shares more useful tips, incl. around what I call #feminist impostor's syndrome. Read it!

bit.ly/3hKfNQ0 #Eyalatalk
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Aug 23, 2020
Hello beautiful souls! My calendar says it's Sunday (though my to-do list suggests otherwise) so here I am, bringing you #EyalaReads, your weekly reading recommendations about #WomensRights, #Feminism & #Africa... From my bookmarks to yours.
I loved @Afrowomanist's thoughts on what self-care means for #feminist activists! Don't miss out. It warms my heart to see an essay on @AfriFeminists that is inspired by a @blkwomenradical webinar. Different platforms, same conversations.💜

bit.ly/3gn7sjY #EyalaReads
"If you don’t intend your feminism to be transformative, then please at least spare us this dehumanising agony." It took me a while to read this piece @fungaijustbeing because I was shouting "yes!!" every two lines. Read it, share it.

bit.ly/2QijKzw #EyalaReads
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Aug 22, 2020
Quand la loi institutionnalise les discriminations: Au #Maroc, la loi 04-20, qui met en place la nouvelle carte d'identité nationale électronique, inclut la possibilité de faire figurer son statut matrimonial: "veuve", "veuf", "épouse"... mais pas "époux"
bit.ly/2EuTKhx
Ca a l'air anodin comme ça, mais:

(1) Ca ne sert à rien, car la carte d'identité doit permettre de justifier de l'identité, pas du statut matrimonial. Pour ça il y a le livret de famille.

#Maroc
(2) Ca complique les démarches administratives en cas de renouvellement de la carte d'identité (notamment en cas de changement de statut matrimonial). Mais seulement pour les femmes. Si c'est pas ça la définition même de la discrimination...

#Maroc
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