Of War, Siege and Lebanon: Women's voices from the Middle East and South Asia is a collective online publication of leading women activists, academicians and writers in the Middle East and South Asia, depicting their reactions to the wars and the increasing militarism in the Middle East, and their analysis of its impact on women activists' efforts to promote gender equality, human rights and democracy. The attack on Lebanon -called the July war-, only a last link in the chain of militarism and violence unleashed in the name of the "global war on terror" in the region, has quickly disappeared from the international public agenda. Yet women and human rights activists in the region are still struggling with its long term impacts, as well as the ongoing violence and militarism, such as the increasing the right wing conservative ideologies, religious fundamentalisms and the tightening spaces for human rights and democracy.

Of War, Siege and Lebanon: Women's voices from the Middle East and South Asia is now available. The publication, including texts by Evelyne Accad, Pinar Ilkkaracan, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Dina Siddiqi and Zeina Zaatari, is compiled by The Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies, a bi-regional network of academicians and NGOs working toward the promotion of sexual and bodily rights in Muslim societies.

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Of War, Siege and Lebanon: Women's voices from the Middle East and South Asia Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies
September 2006
Texts by: Evelyne Accad, Pinar Ilkkaracan, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Dina M. Siddiqi, Zeina Zaatiri
Compiled by: Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR) - New Ways