Why a Powerless Female Figurehead Might Still Cure Hamas' Misogyny: Shikha Dalmia in TIME
Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that rules over Gaza, picked Isra al-Modallal, a woman, as its spokesperson for
the first time ever to spruce up its image in the Western press. But Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia notes that Isra will mostly be a figure head who will use her British-accented English to recite narrow talking points crafted by Hamas' Islamist patriarchs. Hence, notes Dalmia:
This 23-year-old British-educated, divorced mother of a toddler girl is unlikely to do much for the Palestinian struggle against Israel, as Hamas wants. She will, however, be great for the struggle of Muslim women against Islamic repression.
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