tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post8032083946436743763..comments2024-01-25T08:03:54.682-08:00Comments on Rebel With A Cause: Faggots for Whores? Or What happened to Women March in TahrirAhmed Awadallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700769535123953255noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-19539231942453784662020-05-29T19:15:43.606-07:002020-05-29T19:15:43.606-07:00Do you need Finance? Are you looking for Finance? ...Do you need Finance? Are you looking for Finance? Are you looking for finance to enlarge your business? We help individuals and companies to obtain finance for business expanding and to setup a new business ranging any amount. Get finance at affordable interest rate of 3%, Do you need this finance for business and to clear your bills? Then send us an email now for more information contact us now urgent loanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426183721843550064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-10634974737445457792012-06-11T07:04:18.720-07:002012-06-11T07:04:18.720-07:00To the commenter who stated: "we are in trans...To the commenter who stated: "we are in transformation phase .. not a simple reform, it requires some kind of setting priorities"<br /><br />How is the equality of all Egyptian citizens not the FIRST priority? Is that not what everyone is fighting for, above all? Equal representation in parliament and the chance for every voice to be heard, rather than being led by one man in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-36271943885287713312012-06-08T21:43:02.408-07:002012-06-08T21:43:02.408-07:00The time WAS now. Women have been getting sexually...The time WAS now. Women have been getting sexually assaulted in the protests recently. What, should these people, who want political change, just watch as their friends or they themselves are assaulted, raped, and beaten?! Women's rights are part of political progress, and women's rights are one of many things being violated and fought for. The time IS now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-43193441688057893522011-08-31T01:23:53.096-07:002011-08-31T01:23:53.096-07:00I truly respect you. I love your blog and it gives...I truly respect you. I love your blog and it gives me hope to see that people like you actually exist in Egypt. You tackle social issues and taboos very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-30913240708898150172011-05-02T22:50:02.697-07:002011-05-02T22:50:02.697-07:00Good luck, but I think it would be advisable for w...Good luck, but I think it would be advisable for women to leave now. A quick google around at other Islamic countries should make what will happen obvious. Sorry, but it will not end up well.Popeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726790534133623444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-13609677763710679332011-03-22T12:58:23.379-07:002011-03-22T12:58:23.379-07:00Way to stand up for what you believe in! Great job...Way to stand up for what you believe in! Great job, bring pepper spray next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-42767752443690190902011-03-09T23:11:21.943-08:002011-03-09T23:11:21.943-08:00In travelling to Egypyt I witnessed at firts hand ...In travelling to Egypyt I witnessed at firts hand the misogynistic attitudse to women.<br /><br />Keep protesting if you can. It maay be a long struggle but consider this in the UK women only got the vote after a prolonged campaign by the suffragete movement. My heart is with you<br /><br />Paul (London)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-40932178183392602582011-03-09T19:34:37.957-08:002011-03-09T19:34:37.957-08:00I wish you well.
Perhaps get ten thousand grandmo...I wish you well.<br /><br />Perhaps get ten thousand grandmothers with brooms to sweep the square clean.greg Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-81773986600527416212011-03-09T16:49:33.177-08:002011-03-09T16:49:33.177-08:00There is no freedom and no justice in a society un...There is no freedom and no justice in a society unless it extends to all. Selective freedoms and selective justice are simply oppression by a different name.<br />The thugs who unleashed this violence will be written in the history books as the quislings who betrayed not only universal human rights but also as having betrayed the Egyptian people's aspriations for freedom.HarleyMCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-62680766400116352502011-03-09T16:45:06.456-08:002011-03-09T16:45:06.456-08:00Voz Earl, it's a shock because in the Qur'...Voz Earl, it's a shock because in the Qur'an God says over and over that its provisions and instructions are for men and for women.A different Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-89832208888838876852011-03-09T15:20:16.385-08:002011-03-09T15:20:16.385-08:00The shocking part is that they used Islamic chants...The shocking part is that they used Islamic chants against us saying “Women’s voice is a shame”, “why didn’t God send female prophets?”<br /><br />I don't find that shocking at all. Religion is the root of all sorts of biases and bigotries. The so-called "holy books" themselves are full of biases so of course their adherents will quote from them as a moral basis for their behavior. Voz Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345952820382749813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-91515543728830800212011-03-09T14:51:18.764-08:002011-03-09T14:51:18.764-08:00I am a western european male. i believe the ethos ...I am a western european male. i believe the ethos of the post revolution time is forged in the revolution itself. Revolutions fail when these spontaneous and natural 'groupings' are crushed by the new post revolution rulers. part of me cant believe that men who stood alongside women during the revolution should turn against them and revert to their patriarcal ways once the president has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-78802841265561742992011-03-09T14:18:23.724-08:002011-03-09T14:18:23.724-08:00You are a hero.You are a hero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-47916729258360324392011-03-09T13:51:27.539-08:002011-03-09T13:51:27.539-08:00To all those who are trying to pull the 'not n...To all those who are trying to pull the 'not now' argument, change needs to begin with the legal framework, and go hand by hand with a complete reform in the educational system. If 'now', the time when Egypt is drafting a new constitution and pushing for complete legislative reform, is not the time ... WHEN IS THE TIME? REALLY?!!<br />you are right, changing the law is not a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-25641736665663930962011-03-09T13:41:26.493-08:002011-03-09T13:41:26.493-08:00Anyone who lacks the courage to stand up and fight...Anyone who lacks the courage to stand up and fight for his or her own personal freedom deserves to live in slavery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-71232170990183346742011-03-09T12:33:35.620-08:002011-03-09T12:33:35.620-08:00Thanks for the very helpful post and for demonstra...Thanks for the very helpful post and for demonstrating. Maia makes very good points. It's interesting that the liberation protesters found it very easy to be non-sectarian and non-sexist during the protests, and now it's not hard to rewrite the constitution in a non-sectarian way, but it's hard to rewrite the constitution in a non-sexist way. (BTW I don't understand the fuss aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-33398746412831141262011-03-09T10:13:29.746-08:002011-03-09T10:13:29.746-08:00Can I follow the above quote "Future generati...Can I follow the above quote "Future generations owe you a lot. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-37962398840978484232011-03-09T09:09:21.972-08:002011-03-09T09:09:21.972-08:00It's all about the price of bread, the rest is...It's all about the price of bread, the rest is fantasy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-50058918505588525982011-03-09T08:56:52.079-08:002011-03-09T08:56:52.079-08:00Solidarity from Devon in England...we are half the...Solidarity from Devon in England...we are half the world.We are watching the Arab Spring and want<br />justice for women everywhere.Love and peace.kcparsley@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-37332451096663702432011-03-09T05:06:10.763-08:002011-03-09T05:06:10.763-08:00I think it's extremely important to establish ...I think it's extremely important to establish women's rights now for two reasons. The first is that you are currently implementing massive legal constitutional changes. If you do not establish equality during this rewriting period, total equality - equal pay, rights to children in event of divorce, domestic violence and rape prosecution, right to home in case of domestic violence, Maia Houghhttp://www.facebook.com/maia.houghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-46398907117581995542011-03-09T05:02:30.564-08:002011-03-09T05:02:30.564-08:00Speaking from experience I must say that many if t...Speaking from experience I must say that many if the things that happened in Egypt and Libya remind me of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Do NOT give in and do NOT postpone demanding your rights for later. It's now or never. If you do give in, the same thing that happened in Iran will happen to you. While there is no Islamist agenda now, if you do give in, they will hijack your movement and you Omar Sharifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-25707416217667329672011-03-09T04:55:38.311-08:002011-03-09T04:55:38.311-08:00Thanks for this courageous account. You are leader...Thanks for this courageous account. You are leaders of different kind of Revolution and your pioneering spirit will take all of you, and the rest of the world, to places you cannot yet imagine....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-45893091726598761372011-03-09T03:40:25.027-08:002011-03-09T03:40:25.027-08:00Something caught y eye on sunday,and I started rea...Something caught y eye on sunday,and I started reading about the plight of many foreign female workers in arab lands. I can't believe in 2011 that any group of people are treated this way.I dont understand Islam how could God condone this way of life,how could any of you exspect respect from the rest of the world, It makes me so sad I"m praying for all the women and their sons who keep free womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-73463533954808273312011-03-09T03:22:19.865-08:002011-03-09T03:22:19.865-08:00Ahmed, thank you for this information,and for your...Ahmed, thank you for this information,and for your support of your sisters. I spent all day yesterday trying to get information about the women's march-it was hard to find- which was upsetting in itself- and when it came, late, and in tweets, I cried to see the spirit of Tahrir polluted by the ignorance of your opponents.Anyone who thinks women's rights are a minority issue needs a basic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341540047469261302.post-37568396511811292132011-03-09T03:01:35.039-08:002011-03-09T03:01:35.039-08:00If only half of the people have freedom then the n...If only half of the people have freedom then the nation is not free, women are either equal citizens with full rights or they're not. watching the revolution as it unfolded in Egypt was inspiring because everyone was involved, men, women,children don't sully that by asking some of your citizens to forgo their rights even for a whileMairead Spillanenoreply@blogger.com