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  • The crisis of individualism

    Published May 22, 2013

    People who think, write, and speak out, are now being attacked for their ideas, not only on the page, but in very ugly and economically and physically violent ways.

  • Arrest mother in Texas honor killing

    Published May 30, 2012

    Texas-born Patricia (“Tissie”) Said, the mother of Amina Said and Sarah Said, who were shot to death by their Egyptian father in the United States, should long ago have been charged as an accomplice in their honor killing.

  • JFK and 19-year-old White House intern Mimi Alford -- a truly shameful revelation

    Published February 07, 2012

    One would have hoped for no further dirt. But the shameful story of White House intern Mimi Alford and President John F. Kennedy leaves us hoping that President Kennedy would have been a gentleman not an arrogant Prince of the realm. 

  • Will guilty verdict in Canadian 'honor killing' trial be a turning point for justice?

    Published January 29, 2012

    Although some have called for a special “honor killing” law, it is important to note that the Shafias were tried and convicted under existing Canadian law. They were not tried for committing a culturally approved “honor killing,” but for having conspired to commit a cold-blooded and pre-planned murder on Canadian soil.

  • Read an Excerpt From Phyllis Chesler's Book -- 'Mothers On Trial'

    Published August 05, 2011

    Updated for the 21st century, "Mothers on Trial" attempts to break the false stereotype that mothers receive preferential treatment over fathers in custody battles.

  • Violent, Selfish Fathers vs. Violent, Selfish Mothers on Trial

    Published July 12, 2011

    Just as we expect men to be violent, we do not expect women, especially mothers, to be violent, and certainly not violent towards their own young and helpless children. That is why the Casey Anthony trial has gotten such a response from the public.

  • What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Divorce

    Published July 08, 2011

    Even if the mother is in emotional free fall, she must become a hard-headed pragmatist. A women expects her husband to be her protector not her most dangerous enemy. But when war erupts, many women do not know how to fight to win.

  • Mother's Day -- What Becoming a Mother Can Mean to a Woman

    Published May 08, 2011

    Becoming a mother—giving birth to or raising another precious human being—changes you as nothing else can. You are pitched, head-long and feet-first into a parallel universe, a new way of life, a craft, a passion which tempers and deepens all those who engage in it.

  • France Is Brave and Right to Ban the Burqa

    Published April 18, 2011

    The face-veil (niqab or burqa) presents both a security and health risk to others. It is a human rights violation in my view.

  • On the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day -- What Are Feminists Doing About Honor Killings?

    Published March 08, 2011

    While I believe in cultural diversity but I am not a multi-cultural relativist. That's why, as a woman and a feminist, I have taken a strong stand against the persecution of Muslim women and dissidents.