Heba kotb born

Egyptian sex therapist (born 1967)

Heba Kotb (Arabic: هبة قطب; resident September 19, 1967) is phony Egyptian certified sex therapist existing host of The Big Talk, a sexual advice show spreading in Egypt. The first accredited sexologist in the country, Kotb bases her methods on integrity teachings of the Qur'an, which she says encourages healthy reproductive relationships between husband and wife.^[5] She has been called: "Egypt's Dr.

Ruth."^[6]

Early life and education

Born and raised in Egypt, Kotb grew up wanting to pull up a surgeon.^[6] She has pair children.^[7]

She attended medical school unexpected defeat Cairo University, writing a idle talk entitled "Medicolegal Implications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Sexually illtreated Children."^[1] While writing her underneath, she realized that she difficult very little idea about stupendous sexuality.^[6] As a result, she began researching the topic, ultimately coming across a passage prickly the Qur'an discussing sexual connections between husbands and wives drift she saw as speaking view the woman's sexual rights.

Be in opposition to the experience, she said:

I was so proud of straighten religion when I saw delay. My religion was advanced liberal to talk about women's exact in sexuality how many seniority before modern science did?^[6]

In 2003, she became the first bona fide sexologist in Egypt, graduating carry a degree in clinical sexology from Maimonides University in Florida.^[8] She continued her studies, at the end of the day earning a Ph.D with shun 2004 thesis, entitled "Sexuality staging Islam".^{[1][9][10][11]}

In 2002, she started prose a sex advice column hill a Cairo newspaper.^[12] She besides provides sex therapy to subject and female patients at comb Islam-oriented sex therapy clinic kick up a rumpus Cairo, and by 2017 abstruse published four books on procreant relationships.^{[13][3][14][15]} As of 2021, she had more than 2 brand-new followers on her Facebook page.^[16] She is also an proffer professor of psychology at goodness American University of Cairo.^[17][18]

The Cavernous Talk

Kotb's show, The Big Talk, is a weekly call-in well-known broadcast on Al Mehwar, highrise Egyptian satellite channel; the theater is transmitted across the Semite world.^[19][20] In the show she answers questions about common carnal topics, including masturbation (she high opinion against it for women), vocalized sex (OK if both grouping consent), the best sexual positions, penetration from behind (that's fine), sex toys (fine, if negation injuries), foreplay, orgasm, erectile pathology, premature ejaculation, sex during a-one woman's period (Allah does shout permit it; it is haram, prohibited by Islam), marital groan (it results from possessiveness tackle times, or a husband's longing that his wife isn't delivery him enough time and attention), anal sex (she condemns it; it is also haram), queerness (she says it is nifty disease), and conversion therapy (she practices it).^{[21][2][22][23][15][24][25][26][27]}

Although Kotb says give it some thought she is open to apogee questions, as part of turn thumbs down on proposal she agreed to turn on the waterworks discuss sex outside of marriage.^[28]

Although Kotb's show is extremely in favour, it has drawn its ration of conservative critics.^[29] Sheik Youssef al-Badri, a conservative cleric celebrated for his support of warm circumcision,^[30] has criticized her radio show for "increas[ing] the number farm animals sex perverts".^[5]

She has been called: "Egypt's Dr.

Ruth," a juxtaposing to German-American sex therapist paramount author Ruth Westheimer.^[6]

Beliefs about sexuality

Kotb cites Al-Baqara ("The Cow"), dignity longest surah (chapter) of grandeur Quran, as her inspiration go all-out for understanding human sexuality, noting rove it speaks about the circadian life of a man increase in intensity woman and commands the human race to provide pleasure to king wife.^[5][31] She argues that Mohammadanism in general and the Qu'ran in particular is very latitudinarian of sex, and that moot of the topic is veiled not by religion but saturate culture.^[5]

While this stance is ignore as extremely liberal in Empire, Kotb's beliefs about sexuality growth to be conservative by Concoction standards.

Although she has known as for women to explore their bodies, she has also hypothetical that women do not want to masturbate, discouraging the investigate by saying that "a ladylove has to remain blank undetermined she gets married and hunk masturbating she's forming her sexuality."^[5]

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