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Yousra Samir Imran

Yousra Samir Imran

Yousra Samir Imran is a British Egyptian writer and author who is based Yorkshire. She is the author of Hijab and Red Lipstick, being published by Hashtag Press in the UK in October 2020

Follow her on Twitter: @UNDERYOURABAYA

Book Club: Through water flows, one can ascertain much about the past, present and future of a country. In a hugely creative and engaging offering, Sabrina Mahfouz's latest book uncovers the many fingers involved in the Middle East's water supply.

12 October, 2022

As protests sweep the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian women tell The New Arab that they will no longer accept their bodies being a political battleground.

05 October, 2022

Book Club: Growing up feeling out of place is a daunting prospect, particularly if you're from an immigrant family. Sara El Sayed's Muddy People is a funny, uplifting memoir about her navigation of a new culture whilst trying to hold onto her own.

21 September, 2022

Despite strides in women's rights, guardianship laws that give male relatives control over the women in their lives remain the most significant impediment to gender equality. But Islamic law is not the true culprit, writes Yousra Samir Imran.

01 September, 2022

Book Club: August is 'Women in Translation Month', where readers make a conscious effort to read translated works written by women and contribute to a global exchange of literature. The New Arab picks ten revolutionary texts to mark the occasion.

24 August, 2022

Yousra Samir Imran argues that The Economist’s article on Arab women and obesity is another example of Western hypocrisy when it comes to the standards it holds for Arab women compared to European women.

19 August, 2022

As hundreds on social media celebrated the news of the murder of American-Saudi YouTuber Dana Al-Otaibi, Yousra Samir Imran argues that this behaviour feeds into a wider culture of victim-blaming based on women’s life choices, and it must end.

11 August, 2022

With the continued wave of femicide in the MENA, Yousra Samir Imran argues that legislative changes are urgently needed in the region, especially the abolition of colonial laws that fail targets of gendered violence and criminalise homosexuality.

01 August, 2022

A series of horrific cases of femicide and grievous bodily harm against women in Egypt in the last two months have caused outrage across the region.

19 July, 2022

Pride Month: LGBTQI+ NGO Mawjoudin speaks to The New Arab about how it uses art to raise awareness and confront homophobia in the North African country today.

30 June, 2022