I was out on my jog when I noticed a black car drive by really slow. I didn’t think much of it, not until the same black car started following me. Who ever it was revved up their engine as they would pass me. Then he would double back and do it again. He doubled [...]

I do not love working out at the gym. I’m a runner, and running outdoors is just about the only exercise I regularly enjoy. Yet, over the years I’ve tried (and failed) several times to acclimate myself to gym workouts in the hopes that it may grow on me. Last fall was another of those [...]

Sitting on a bus a few years ago in London, a man next to me was reading his newspaper. He started stroking my leg under the newspaper. When I moved he stopped so I thought maybe I imagined it, but then he started again. I kept thinking he couldn’t be doing it, so it took [...]

Cross-posted with permission from The Truth Shall Set Your Teeth Free They said dark-skinned African prostitutes Were all the rage in raging Egypt A place I accused of being non-racist But that was no excuse For the man to put his hands on me Or whistle from his car “How about tonight, dark honey?” At [...]

I was about to turn into the driveway of my apartment parking lot when a van very nearly backed up into me. I gave a quick toot of my horn, the van stopped, then backed up more, forcing me to back up out of the way, so I didn’t get hit. The automatic gate opened, [...]

This article excerpt is cross-posted with permission from the blog Organica: The Story of an Arab American Girl. I am writing about my everyday experiences as a single woman living in Cairo, Egypt. I travel independently, run my own life and refuse to allow harassment or male behavior hinder my life. I am writing about [...]

This guest blog post is by Maya, a PhD student in Barcelona, Spain, who is from India. This newspaper article is from Kannur, a district in Kerala, India. The ladies gathered in the city center to ask for the rights for sharing the city at night. The ladies did a group painting in a large [...]