“It was impossible to keep quiet after this.”
A group of activists including Shayma Shamo conducted a virtual mourning after the murder of Farah Hamza Akbar.
The video sparked an outrage in Kuwaiti society, signaling the ever-present and persistent problem of harassment and gender-based violence that women in the country are subjected to on a daily basis. “All of us know somebody that has either died or been in a near-fatal accident because a man was following them and trying to push them off-road,” says Noor Al Obaid, a human rights activist.
“In Arab culture, shame acts as a shroud that prevents people from sharing their stories. We are shamed into silence,” explains Shamo. “Kuwait didn’t have a safe space for people to openly share. I wanted to remove that barrier and show that being silent is no longer an option.” “Clubhouse took off around then and for the first time, Kuwaiti society comes across terms like feminism, patriarchy, and intersectionality,” she adds. While finally, there was a safe space and open dialogue on sexual harassment, there was also an aggressive, antifeminist outrage.
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