Whose name am I?! Musings on patriarchal naming practices.
<p>I need to change my Virginia license to New York. <em>Why is this interesting or relevant?</em> I hear you say. Well, I have long wanted to claim a certain middle name, and the renewal of official documents and identifications presents such an opportunity.</p>
<p><em>OK, so what?!</em> I still hear you say. <em>Is this a feminist blog or what?!</em></p>
<p>Yes. Hang on.</p>
<p>My last name — AbiRafeh — is my father’s last name. I think this is true for most of us. What’s more, in Lebanon, where I was born, your de facto middle name is your father’s first name. So you are: (first name) (father’s first name) (father’s last name). And you’re required to fill out your father’s name on every official form.</p>
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