Phyllis Chesler's Blog, page 29
October 10, 2013
A Daze of Glamor and Gravitas in Living Color
The 92nd St Y was packed and my co-panelists, religious Muslim feminist, Raqel Evita Saraswati, and acclaimed ex-Muslim author, Ibn Warraq, were both fabulous. I myself wasn't bad. Raquel, whose hijab is always so glamorous that I am momentarily tempted
October 4, 2013
Sharing The Good News
It seems I am something of a hit in the UK. First, the excerpt in the New York Post almost immediately appeared across the pond in the Daily Mail (UK). Today, The Lady magazine (Britain's oldest weekly women's magazine, published since 1885!), described
October 1, 2013
Should one never speak to an ex-spouse?
Young love, foolish love, love upended by reality, love remembered over time. Haven't we all known something like this? But as one grows older, one evolves and matures - as I did. I changed. I am no longer the girl I was when I was eighteen years old.
September 30, 2013
Keeping Busy and How!
I have no time to breathe. I did an interview yesterday for a NYC newspaper and I have two more interviews scheduled for today. This is not a complaint. This is all good. This past Friday an interview with me appeared at Yahoo! Shine which is displayed
September 25, 2013
Op-Ed: Sharia-Life: A Geo-Political Time Bomb About to Explode
Fern Sidman interviews Phyllis Chesler: Q Dr. Chesler, there is no secret that your life has taken many twists and turns and you have written about your experiences as a young woman held captive in Afghanistan previously. Why did you choose this
September 24, 2013
An American Bride in Kabul, Excerpted
Excerpts of my new book are being read on three continents! In its Sunday (September 22) edition, the New York Post published a two-page spread of excerpts and photos from An American Bride in Kabul. The Post's coverage was picked up by three papers: The
September 23, 2013
Readers' Prize Picks: October 2013
Phyllis Chesler's memoir takes us on a hypnotic journey through Afghanistan's bloody past, present, and tentative future. Using her journal, written while she was a young bride in Kabul, and later conversations with her ex-husband, Chesler weaves the
September 13, 2013
Why Women Still Don't Vote for Women
Democratic women rejected the only woman candidate, Christine Quinn, who ran for Mayor of NYC. According to the New York Times, women voted for Bill De Blasio instead, "by more than two to one." Democratic women also deserted Hillary Clinton when she
September 10, 2013
Voting for 'victims'
I once married a Muslim "man of color" and assumed, unthinkingly that, as an outsider himself, he might somehow identify with and make common cause with women. I found that this misguided assumption was untrue and, in my new book, "An American Bride in
August 27, 2013
What Is It About "Pluralism" That Drives Good Jews Crazy?
Why are religious Jews either so passionately in favor of or so opposed to the word "pluralism?" Indeed, why do Jews allow their sometimes justified fears and strong emotions to cloud all reason? On August 25th-August 26th, for 24 hours, the Women of the
