Un manifesto potente e dissacrante che costringe a guardare in faccia il sistema patriarcale: complesso, pervasivo e internazionale. Mona Eltahawy, giornalista e attivista egiziano-americana, elenca sette "peccati" da commettere per essere e fare ciò che vogliamo, per liberarci da violenza e discriminazione, per distruggere il patriarcato. Con un'incredibile ricchezza di dati ed esempi di vita, l'autrice ci porta nei suoi viaggi in giro per il mondo, dal Sudafrica alla Cina, dalla Nigeria all'Arabia Saudita, dall'Egitto all'Irlanda, dalla Bosnia agli Stati Uniti. Mostra, con un approccio intersezionale, come il patriarcato si serva di diversi livelli di oppressione per mantenere il suo controllo e come, nel mondo, le donne lo sfidino ogni giorno. Esprimere rabbia, attirare l'attenzione, ricorrere alla volgarità, avere ambizioni, ottenere potere, agire e reagire alla violenza, vivere la lussuria: questo è ciò che ci insegnano a non fare, per tenerci sottomesse e impaurite, obbedienti e grate. Sono i sette peccati della religione del patriarcato, solo rivendicandoli possiamo davvero innescare una rivoluzione, nelle nostre vite private e nelle società in cui viviamo. Prefazione di Igiaba Scego.

"A passionate manifesto decrying misogyny in the Arab world, by an Egyptian American journalist and activist When the Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy published an article in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012 titled "Why Do They Hate Us?" it provoked a firestorm of controversy. The response it generated, with more than four thousand posts on the website, broke all records for the magazine, prompted dozens of follow-up interviews on radio and television, and made it clear that misogyny in the Arab world is an explosive issue, one that engages and often enrages the public. In Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy takes her argument further. Drawing on her years as a campaigner and commentator on women's issues in the Middle East, she explains that since the Arab Spring began, women in the Arab world have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought with men against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political and economic system that treats women in countries from Yemen and Saudi Arabia to Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya as second-class citizens. Eltahawy has traveled across the Middle East and North Africa, meeting with women and listening to their stories. Her book is a plea for outrage and action on their behalf, confronting the "toxic mix of culture and religion that few seem willing or able to disentangle lest they blaspheme or offend." A manifesto motivated by hope and fury in equal measure, Headscarves and Hymens is as illuminating as it is incendiary"--

The Occupy Wall Street movement and protest movements around the world are evidence of a new era of intergenerational activists seeking deeper spiritual meaning in their quest for peace and justice.

This book is a call to action for a new era of spirituality-infused activism. Authors Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox encourage us to use our talents in service of compassion and justice and to move beyond our broken systems--economic, political, educational, and religious--discovering a spirituality that not only helps us to get along, but also encourages us to reevaluate our traditions, transforming them and in the process building a more sacred and just world.

Incorporating the words of young activist leaders culled from interviews and surveys, the book provides a framework that is deliberately interfaith and speaks to our profound yearning for a life with spiritual purpose and for a better world. Each chapter is construed as a dialogue between Fox, a 72-year-old theologian, and Bucko, a 37-year-old spiritual activist and mentor to homeless youth. As we listen in on these familiar yet profound conversations, we learn about Fox and Bucko's own spiritual journeys and discover a radical spirituality that is inclusive, democratic, and relevant to the world we live in today.

Table of Contents
Foreword by Mona Eltahawy
Foreword by Andrew Harvey
Introduction: Invitation to Occupy Your Conscience
1. Is It Time to Replace the God of Religion with the God of Life?
2. Radical Spirituality for a Radical Generation
3. Adam's Story
4. Matthew's Story
5. What's Your Calling? Are You Living in Service of Compassion and Justice?
6. Spiritual Practice: Touch Life and Be Changed by It
7. No Generation Has All the Answers: Elders and Youth Working Together
8. Birthing New Economics, New Communities, and New Monasticism
Conclusion: Occupy Generation and the Practice of Spiritual Democracy
Afterword by Lama Surya Das