- Source: Ibtihal Al-Khatib
Ibtihal Al-Khatib (Arabic: ابتهال الخطيب, born 15 February 1972) is a Kuwaiti academic, journalist, and prominent advocate of secular liberal values in Middle Eastern societies. She is a professor at the Kuwait University in the department of English Language and Literature. She has been the subject of controversy because of her outspoken defense of secularism, separation of church and state, and civil rights, including gay rights.
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Bibliography
Lichter, Ida (2009). Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression. Amherst (NY): Prometheus Books.
External links
"Kuwaiti author Ibtihal al-Khatib: ISIS emerged from our heritage books; if we do not reform our discourse we will become extinct." MEMRI TV. Clip #5179. November 19, 2015. (Excerpt of Arabic tv interview (6:50), with English captions.)
http://zizoumag.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post_9622.html
http://www.alraimedia.com/Alrai/Article.aspx?id=184208
http://www.ahewar.org/camp/i.asp?id=197
http://enarchive.com/comments.php?m=865c0c0b4ab0e063e5caa3387c1a8741&id=15d3c71c50069c05c7b9099285a29e7b
https://archive.today/20130223182942/http://www.alawan.org/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%A7.html
