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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