Fatima Alhimidi, 17, weeps over the body of her mother, Shaima Alawadi, at the airport after arrival from the United States south of Baghdad, Iraq, March 31, 2012.
+U.S. | April 10, 2012

Shaima Alawadi’s Murder: A Hate Crime Against Women?

By Nina Burleigh

New evidence suggests that female freedom and not anti-Muslim sentiment may be at the heart of the crime, but bigotry is still bigotry no matter the source

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+Middle East | January 18, 2012

Egypt’s Female Trouble Might Get Worse

By Nina Burleigh
Filippo Monteforte / AFP / Getty Images

Why the new ruling parties want women to disappear