Apr 02 2013
34 year old Egyptian female cartoonist, Dooa Eladl who calls herself a Muslim anarchist is facing blasphemy charges for her political cartoons that poke fun of Islamists. “The extremists don’t scare me,” she insists. “Whatever they do, I will continue to use my skills to poke fun at them. They must understand that we Egyptians …
Mar 28 2013
Islamists who are supporters or part of the Morsi government have said that women are to blame for the increasing rape and sexual assault in Egypt.This despite the fact that there is clear evidence that much of it is state-sponsored and that a large number of those assaulted are veiled women. “How do they ask the …
Mar 19 2013
You must have seen the Muslim Brotherhood statement against a UN Commission declaration against violence against women? The Brotherhood outlines a very, very long list of objections, including what it says is the granting of “girls their complete sexual freedom, as well as the freedom to choose their sex and the freedom to choose their …
Feb 12 2013
Did you hear the report saying Morsi had to run out of a mosque leaving his shoes behind in order to evade protesters. It reminds me of the song, “run oppressor man, where you gonna run to?” All I can say is: it’s good to be alive today. Real good.
Feb 11 2013
Today was a day of action against sexual terrorism in Egypt. One Islamic cleric gave a fatwa justifying the sexual assaults saying women were going to the protests to get raped. Nonetheless he and his Muslim Brothers have received their response by women on the streets of Egypt. See the magnificent protest below: Here are what some …
Dec 17 2012
European Secularists are quick to say Egypt has “turned out exactly as they predicted” even whilst Egyptians continue to battle the Islamists on the streets. A warning to you: If you focus only on political Islam, you will not be able to see the resistance and dissent even when it is staring you in the …
Aug 02 2012
Have you seen the new Egyptian channel called Maria where women must all wear the niqab and full Islamic veil to work there? An Islamic ‘scholar’ says this is a ‘victory for women’. Really? Is anyone else finding absurd the contradiction of hiding women away in a mobile prison and then putting them on television …
Jun 28 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood has hailed Morsi’s narrow win of Egypt’s presidential election as the ‘start of a new era‘. It’s actually same old same old. Egyptians were given the [non] ‘choice’ between Mubarak’s former general and the Muslim Brotherhood, both of which were there to bring an end to the revolution that has changed much …
Jan 10 2012
Islamists have been harassing shop owners and female customers in rural towns around Egypt for ‘indecent behaviour’ and enforcing Sharia law. Shop owners have been told they can no longer sell ‘indecent’ clothing, barbers can no longer shave men’s beards, and customers ordered to veil and threatened with severe punishment if they did not abide …
Nov 21 2011
Mona Salah, an Egyptian parliament candidate for the Islamist Salafi Movement told Al-Sharq Alawsat (an Egyptian newspaper) ‘Women are deficient in mind and religion’* and are not permitted to have authority by taking on the position of Presidency.
Nov 18 2011
Student, atheist and blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 20, posted naked pictures of herself on her blog to show her “screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy”. Showing her body particularly at a time when Islamists in Egypt are trying to secure power is the ultimate act of rebellion. Don’t forget …
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