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    emmablack: Martin Amis put it perfectly in a 2006 interview with Tony Jones of the Australian Broadcasting corporation: TONY JONES: Sayyid Qutb you are talking a... more »
    Little Bumble Bee aka:Alwaystheangel: Yeah I have to agree with that, I just got back from Egypt two days ago (anyone miss me?) Yeah men made comments, but they do that un Cuba, Nicaragu... more »
    Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): I'm ashamed I never heard about this. She is obviously an incredibly couragous woman, but why there wasn't an international outcry over this is beyond... more »
    aspiringexpatriate: @pilgrimsoul: Why doesn't the Administration's counter-terrorism efforts include empowering women like this with money and suppport to work in their o... more »
    Hooplehead: @ PiulgrimSoul: Because George Bush doesn't care about female people. Unless they're church-goin', baby-havin' evangelical white people he can relate... more »
    sportz.star: Prosecutorial discretion is extremely important. That said, there needs to be venues to prosecute these crimes - where people with evidence can bring ... more »
    PilgrimSoul: Why doesn't the Administration's counter-terrorism efforts include empowering women like this with money and suppport to work in their own countries, ... more »
    musicpup: Good for her! Being a woman in Egypt is extremely uncomfortable, as I recently experienced. I managed to take it somewhat lightly most of the time (me... more »
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): What exactly is a "Western-style feminist" and how does it differ from an Egyptian feminist? Not snarking, I'm genuinely curious. As it is, it feels a... more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: Folks interested seeing a woman engage in her Islamic faith and try to challenge it might like Asra Nomani's book, "Standing Alone in Mecca" more »
    morninggloria: Isis is NOT pleased with you, Egyptians. I'd take it down a few notches. more »
    badmutha: Such brave women. I have so much respect for them as they continue their fight. more »
    Kivrin: Jesus, women in Islamic cultures aren't even supposed to visit the mosque? So they have to obey the religion but can't enter the place of worship? Tha... more »
    JinxyMcDeath: I pray for her safety. These brave women are picked off by these extremists fuckfaces the second they gain notoriety (or even before...). more »
    Penny: I am in one of those moods where I want to send all the men in the world to Mars, where they would, of course, catch on fire. more »
  • #norayounis

    Egyptian Women Assert Freedom In New Media, Older Faith

    In May 2005, Nora Younis was one of 30 women picked from a group of protesters and penned into a parking garage, where members of the Egyptian police force beat her and sexually assaulted others.