One of the most outspoken female voices of our times, the award-winning Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy writes about the Arab world, Islam and women in the international Press. She introduces herself as a proud, liberal Muslim. Her book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution is a provocative and moving testimony that has stirred up a storm of reactions. At the OCC, she will be talking to the journalist Katerina Economakou about women's lives in the Middle East.