"What was the initial reaction of the public?
Well, you could say that Hell’s doors have opened in my face, but I was expecting that. It's not like I was surprised or shocked. Even in 2009, which was a bit better than today, because extremism is on the rise. But even then, in 2009, it was unthinkable to publish such a magazine. And what made matters worse, of course, was that it was a woman publishing this. So, I got called all kinds of names and [got] all kinds of threats. But, I didn’t allow them to intimidate me so I kept on. And I also fought against censorship with the help of two amazing people who were then the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Information, who stood by my side and refused to give in to the pressures coming from all sides asking them to stop publishing the magazine." She is lying, yet again. No one cared about her pornographic magazine, not even the sleazy rich Gulfies and Lebanese, and that is how it went under. An no, there were no protests against her magazine and no one even noticed it. And here she tells them about her struggle: "but you cannot compare a woman who writes about sexuality in the luxury and comfort of a city like New York with the struggles of a woman who writes about sexuality and sexual liberation in a place like Beirut, where each and every word is drawing her attacks and threats and insults."
PS If those ill-informed correspondents knew Arabic and could read her racist and sexist articles, they would have asked her: can you elaborate on your recent racist article in which you stated that the very appearance of Syrians in Lebanon bothers you?
Well, you could say that Hell’s doors have opened in my face, but I was expecting that. It's not like I was surprised or shocked. Even in 2009, which was a bit better than today, because extremism is on the rise. But even then, in 2009, it was unthinkable to publish such a magazine. And what made matters worse, of course, was that it was a woman publishing this. So, I got called all kinds of names and [got] all kinds of threats. But, I didn’t allow them to intimidate me so I kept on. And I also fought against censorship with the help of two amazing people who were then the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Information, who stood by my side and refused to give in to the pressures coming from all sides asking them to stop publishing the magazine." She is lying, yet again. No one cared about her pornographic magazine, not even the sleazy rich Gulfies and Lebanese, and that is how it went under. An no, there were no protests against her magazine and no one even noticed it. And here she tells them about her struggle: "but you cannot compare a woman who writes about sexuality in the luxury and comfort of a city like New York with the struggles of a woman who writes about sexuality and sexual liberation in a place like Beirut, where each and every word is drawing her attacks and threats and insults."
PS If those ill-informed correspondents knew Arabic and could read her racist and sexist articles, they would have asked her: can you elaborate on your recent racist article in which you stated that the very appearance of Syrians in Lebanon bothers you?
