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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
The process is identical every time. A name keeps popping up on our various social media feeds – the details of her brutal murder scarce but clear enough to conclude that she is yet another victim of domestic violence. Over the days that follow, we learn more about her. A hashtag appears. Links are made to the murders of countless other brilliant, vivacious women – erased from the planet in seconds for refusing a marriage proposal, wanting a divorce, walking down the street. As friends and family of the deceased come forward to share their grief, women congregate – online and in person – to sh…