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‘At first I didn’t know what it meant to be a sworn virgin, I realized it only by degrees after I was already going around in men’s clothes, and after everybody in the village already knew that I’d never become a woman…’

Injy El-Kashef: interview with Lady O

Michael Field, avatar poet

Besson leads bid to ban the burqa

Diam’s’ veil

(Watch the video for ‘La Boullette’ by Diam’s)

Book excerpt:

‘The Cost of Living’ by Mavis Gallant

Audio slideshow:

Problems faced by women drivers in Karachi

‘A psychodrama emerged, with Sofia battling Tolstoy’s disciples for access to his soul.’

“Turkey’s bravest female artist” remains always afraid

Podcast:

The Women of the Avant-Garde part 2

Podcast:

The Women of the Avant-Garde (Part 1)

Lingering smoke of the bra burning myth

A humourous guide to Art Museum Women

Writing in exile: Taslima Nasrin inteviewed