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    Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

    In April we spoke with Egyptian-born journalist Mona Eltahawy about gender politics in the Middle East. She's author of Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution . In one chapter she writes about when she first moved to Saudi Arabia and was – in her own words – "traumatized into feminism."

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 28, 2015 • 8m Listen

    In April we spoke with Egyptian-born journalist Mona Eltahawy about gender politics in the Middle East. She's author of Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution. In one chapter she writes about when she first moved to Saudi Arabia and was – in her own words – "traumatized into feminism."

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    The full episode

    3 of 6
    The Year in Talking Points
    1. 0:00Building Your Own Untraceable AR-15 'Ghost Gun' Is Easy
    2. 8:50The Street at the Epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    3. 16:05Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual RevolutionYou’re reading this
    4. 25:11Can the US Talk Race without Dealing with Lynchings?
    5. 33:05One Author's Primer on Being Black in America
    6. 42:25Detroit's Rise and Fall … and Rise?
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