In this episode, Specialist ED Dietitian Hala Abu Taha meets Egyptian born, London raised writer Alya Mooro. Together, they discuss some of the cultural stereotypes Alya talks about in her book “The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern woman outside of the stereotypes” and how these might affect women’s relationship with themselves and their bodies.
- Why representation is key to help with authentic living
- “The Arab contradictions that while women are warned against being in any way sexual from childhood, they are at the same time trained to be almost wholly preoccupied with their body, hair, eyelashes and clothes, sometimes even at the expense of developing their minds, personalities and other assets”.
- The “invisible jury”, the concept of 3aib and gossip specifically targeting women and their looks
- What is a better way than forbidding food, drink, sex
- Where to start on our way to the greater freedom
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