When it comes to women's rights and when it comes to this,

you know, the what a boundary is just a way of telling you

that what you're saying is not important

and it doesn't deserve the airtime.

And I disagree with that. Like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like

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I've had enough. This is un-Ladylike. I'm Kristen. The moment I knew I wanted to invite today's guest, Lena Abirafa, on the podcast, was when I read a piece of hers

over on medium, Lena Abirafa. medium.com. It was a piece that she published in

November of last year headlined the war of you from Beirut. She writes, I'm an Arab, I'm an American, I'm a

Palestinian, I'm a Lebanese. I was raised first in Saudi Arabia and then in Washington DC. I am of mixed

religions practicing none. Here's how I've spent my nearly 49 years, 13 years in the Middle East, plus 18 years in the U.S.

Plus 18 years across 10 different countries in West and Central Africa, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, and a few others.

Lina's career began in the early 2000s in Afghanistan as the country director for Women for

Women International.

From 2015 to 2022, Lena was executive director of the Arab Institute for Women.

And in 2023, she published her latest book, Yala Feminist's Arab Rights and resistance. Lena goes on to write about her experience

cleaning up the messes of war. I've worked in these wars, men's wars, where women and

children are the ones who are trampled on. And on ladies, this right here, these wars, all of them, are feminist issues.

Conflict, violence, occupation, all have a more profound impact on women and girls.

I've seen this firsthand in too many places. That's what I wanted to know more about from Lena.

So my name is Lena Abraffi. I am a feminist, activist, author, speaker, advisor, and more than anything

else, a woman who's committed to building a better world for women, because if we had the kind

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