Jumanah Younis
Jumanah Younis is a feminist activist and writer living and working in London. She works as an Advice and Outreach worker providing advocacy support to women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. She also delivers training to professionals on sexual violence and facilitates workshops with young people on abuse, healthy relationships and consent. She has a BA from Oxford University in European and Middle Eastern Languages.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, March 31, 2015 16:41 - 3 Comments
Analysis">‘Burning A Woman Who’s Already Dead’: On (Not) Talking About Male Violence Against Women Analysis
The recent mob murder of a young woman in Afghanistan is the latest in a long series of similar crimes, from the UK to India. Global media coverage, however, routinely occludes the key context to these cases: extreme male violence perpetrated against women. We must change that, argues Jumanah Younis.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Friday, August 29, 2014 12:32 - 2 Comments
Interview">Film | Annemarie Jacir: “I’m not interested in showing the West that ‘Palestinians are humans, too'” Interview
Award-winning Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir talks to Ceasefire's Jumanah Younis about her latest film, the critically acclaimed 'When I Saw You', recently released in the UK.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 20:48 - 0 Comments
Special Report Egyptian Workers: Protectors of the revolution
Five months after Mubarak's fall, our Cairo correspondent, Jumanah Younis, reports on the ongoing struggle of Egyptian workers and trade unions to protect and consolidate the gains of the Jan 25th revolution.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, March 8, 2011 20:39 - 1 Comment
News Tahrir Square: How Women’s Day was ruined
As celebrations took place in Tahrir square today, on the occasion of International Women's day, what was supposed to be a day of unity and celebration turned into a fiasco of harassment and assault. Our Cairo correspondent, Jumanah Younis, who was there, reports.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, March 3, 2011 9:20 - 0 Comments
Special Report Tahrir, a month after
Almost a month after Hosni Mubarak's ousting, Ceasefire's Cairo correspondent Jumanah Younis reports on the cautious optimism, and growing disillusions, of the post-revolution era.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, January 27, 2011 18:22 - 4 Comments
Exclusive: Liberating Cairo
In an exclusive report, Ceasefire's Cairo correspondent Jumanah Younis reports directly from the protests of the last two days – the biggest since Mubarak came to power thirty years ago. "One protest I attended in an area called Ramses was attended by no more than 150 people. I arrived to find tyres burning in the road; a no man’s land between protestors and riot police on the other side."
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, October 12, 2010 7:48 - 4 Comments
Special Report The ugly side of hospitality
As a recession induced by the financial sector takes its toll on the public, more and more people are turning to temporary and part-time work. What’s it like to work in a temporary job in the UK, without a contract, being paid cash in hand? Jumanah Younis spent 3 weeks finding out – and discovered a dark side to employment in Britain.
