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On this day of struggle for the rights of women and gender minorities, the Marseille feminist inter-organization confirmed its intersectional ambition and called for unity against the rise of fascism and the far right, while never forgetting the feminist struggles on the other side of the Mediterranean. A report.

Morocco’s family law code, known as Moudawana, underwent its third historic reform on December 24. While it is another step forward for women’s rights, it remains divisive. A look at the tensions and social change in Morocco.

For the past 10 years, the Bab el-Hikayat theater in Egypt, directed by Horia el-Dkak, has been offering workshops in storytelling. Each session ends with a public performance. The majority of participants are women, who find the art of the spoken word to be of great individual and collective benefit. A Medfeminiswiya report.

Despite political and social challenges, female Tunisian visual artists, actresses, and dancers are transforming the street into a space for creativity and freedom.

More than one million people have been displaced in Lebanon, having left their homes to seek safety amid the escalation of military tensions and Israeli threats, especially after the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in the heart of Dahye, the southern suburbs of Beirut. This momentous event spread more terror and anxiety among the population given that it came along with tense Israeli threats to continue bombing more targets.

In Syria, many laws rely on physical criteria to determine women's rights, rather than principles of citizenship and human rights. This approach only deepens gender inequality.

It’s the second consecutive season in which the Cannes Film Festival has honored women and their struggles. This high mass of world cinema also seems to be intent on highlighting works lensed with the female gaze, even when they are produced by men.

Emna Mrabet is a lecturer in the cinema department of Paris 8 University, where her teaching focuses on the aesthetics of cinema, documentary production, and film analysis. The emphasis of her research is on the question of identity among filmmakers with a background of immigration from North Africa, particularly in the films of Tunisian female directors. Together with Ons Kammoun, professor and researcher in cinema in Tunis, she is currently organizing a conference in Tunis on June 13-14 on “Gender and emancipation in Arab cinema.”

Despite its popular and… anti-fascist origins, the high mass of international cinema which is the Cannes Film Festival has become utterly inaccessible. This is what around ten young women from the region confided to our journalist. On the other side of the barricades, these women from the Côte d'Azur struggle to find their place in their own city, faced with the people “from above”: the “others,” the movie stars, models, actresses, influencers. A Medfeminiswiya report.

Women and women’s resilience were at the forefront of the fourth edition of the Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, which made a sensational comeback after several years of absence. A Medfeminiswiya report.