MONA ELTAHAWY is an Egyptian freelance journalist and commentator. Her essays and op-eds on Egypt, the Islamic world and women s rights have been published in The Washington Post, The Guardian (UK), The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, the Miami Herald and other publications. She has appeared as a guest commentator on MSNBC, BBC, CNN, PBS, Al Jazeera, NPR and dozens of other television and radio networks. Newsweek named Mona one of its 150 Fearless Women in 2012; TIME magazine featured her along with other activists from around the world in its People of the Year in 2011; and Ara...