Phyllis Chesler
ARTICLES BY: Phyllis Chesler
Yet Again, the Media Blames Israel for a Conflict Hamas Started
Islamist terrorist groups, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, have launched more than 1,200 rockets (and counting) toward Israel since Monday, and the United Nations, of...
Practicing Feminism While White
The year 2021 is already a bad year for feminist truth-tellers. In March, three brave Indigenous Australian women flew to the capital in Canberra to draw...
The Tragedy of Leaving Afghanistan
In the history of the world, no foreign power has ever occupied or been able to remain in Afghanistan, that landlocked and remote country in...
Tehran on My Mind
Monday marked International Women's Day, and the start of Women's History Month. And Iran is always on my mind when this day comes around. Iran and...
In Texas, an Honor Killer and His Accomplices Finally Face Justice
I will never forget that New Year's Day in 2008 when Egyptian-born taxi driver Yaser Said coldly shot his two beautiful daughters to death in...
Dad’s Arrest Exposes Support Network Behind Alleged Honor Killers
The FBI-led Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force captured Yaser Abdel Said on August 26, 12 years after he allegedly murdered his two teenage daughters in...
Palestinian Lies Never Die; Wikipedia and Google Keep Them Alive
"Occupation" is a word that dominates most debate about Israel, but the truth is that pro-Palestinian propagandists are occupying Google and Wikipedia to keep debunked...
Western Governments Play a Key Role in Successful Honor Killing Escapes
If one is in flight to escape being honor killed, what is needed to ensure a successful escape? What kind of woman, who has been...
Western Feminists AWOL in Supporting Abused and Dissident Muslim Women
Muslim and ex-Muslim feminists and dissidents have been risking torture and death in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and the Far East by refusing...
Just Who Has to Adjust in the Name of Tolerance?
Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy Fellow Shadi Hamid recently criticized the West as "illiberal" for refusing to accept the fact that Muslims, both in...
Honor Dishonored: Brandeis and Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Long ago, in Jerusalem, in Ecclesiastes, King Solomon famously wrote: "There is nothing new under the sun.""Ž How right he was. Brandeis's decision to disinvite Ayaan...