Seeing pictures of the anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt, I've been struck by how many of the protesters are women. Some young, some old, quite a few in what we'd call Western dress. If it's a big ploy by Islamists to get the country in their iron grip, as many seem to believe, then there's little to explain all the female-types involved.
As a counterbalance, this slideshow highlights what some actual Egyptians think. Notably the hijab-wearing women don't really fit our preconceptions either.
Even if the new boss turns out to be very much like the old boss, I have faith in the Egyptian people.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
That was a wonderful slide show and I enjoyed reading the interviews. The west has been playing the Great game in the middle east for a hundred years and it's really more than time that the people who live there get some say in who governs them.
I posted about the situation a couple of days ago.
The Middle East is making itself known now, I think. It's a much more fluid place than we've been led to believe.
Post a Comment