{"id":2930,"date":"2023-03-27T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesextalkarabic.com\/?page_id=2930"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:14:13","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thesextalkarabic.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our story started on the virtual social media platform, Facebook. A small number of women <\/span>gathered in a closed private group to discuss their gender identities, sexualities, sexual health, and rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Note that I will be using the term “women” in reference to all women, from diverse sexual and gender identities and orientations.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I created this group, I did not anticipate the journey we had started on! My initial aim was to create a space for women to freely express themselves, ask questions without being shamed, and receive trustworthy, accurate, and respectful answers to their questions.<\/p>\n

A space where women’s experiences, needs, and feelings are centered and most importantly, a space where all women, with all their colorful diversity, could exist, peacefully and freely.<\/p>\n

But I would not have imagined that, in five years’ time, our small community group would become a pioneering, leading organisation, led by Arab women from all over the world, offering feminist, queer, positive, and inclusive knowledge and services in Arabic.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Of course, I won\u2019t pretend it was an easy journey, with no obstacles. Instead, I want to tell the story by centering and celebrating the dedicated women who believed in this movement from the start and volunteered their time, and expertise for it to continue and expand. The story of the young, queer, Arab feminists, who worked independently to pave the way for a digital feminist revolution on sexual health and rights in the region.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Facebook group

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“The numbers are growing, people are incredibly enthusiastic about this group!”
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