Alia Turki Al-Rabeo is an editor at Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. She is recipient of UN X-Cultural Reporting Award 2010 besides have half a dozen fellowship to her credit. Alia writes on society, culture and literature. She tweets @alrabeo
Interview: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, the first Muslim and Pakistani woman to receive two Academy Awards, and whose films helped change misogynistic laws in her country, speaks to The New Arab.