You know what strikes me when we compare what is happening in Egypt to the revolution in Tunisia? It's only men. There were many women in the streets in Tunisia, but you hardly make out one in this clip.
This has struck me from the first moment of the uprising. And the irony of Iran's struggles being highly co-ed, in a country where inequality is enfranchised, vs. the almost invisibility of women in the struggle of Egypt - where I think the inequality is at least significantly more unofficial - is inescapable, at least for me. I've been wanting to post about my worries that, come what may, women in Egypt will not become more free. Their sons may; their husbands may; their fathers may. But they won't.
This is chill-inspiring. Despite the worries I mention elsewhere in the thread, I can't help but respond to the anger and the bravery of these folks out on the the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and elsewhere. May I link to this, or nick the video from you?
I can't help but respond to the anger and the bravery of these folks out on the the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and elsewhere. Same here. No one knows where it'll go, if things will end up better or worse, but the people's bravery is inescapable.
May I link to this, or nick the video from you? By all means nick it! (That's what I did myself, after all...)
I've been wanting to post about my worries that, come what may, women in Egypt will not become more free. Their sons may; their husbands may; their fathers may. But they won't.
I share your fears. In every democratic movement, women's rights are always the first to be sacrificed in the name of the "greater good" and the last to be recognized.
This is definitely a hard one to watch, I do not know what to think. While inspirational that those are so collectively rising up to fight for their freedom, the chaos and bloodshed and unrest that can result from all of this makes me very uneasy. Egypt in peace is kinda crucial to keeping the Middle East in equilibrium, yes? I know we're the stupids that went screwed up the whole Iran vs. Iraq thing, but still.
Add in that we've got Tea Partiers in the U.S. who are cheering with them like the situation in Egypt is anyway comparable to our current politics over here, and ugh, I don't even know. It's definitely a hard thing to watch unfold.
I'm with the other commenters about the lack of women in the vid, that struck me while watching as well. And probably added to my not knowing what to think.
I haven't caught yet, what was the primary impetus for this? Was this planned or did the gov't do something to provoke it? I know the president was thought to put his name in the elections or his son, but was this started after some official announcement from him or did the news just spread underground.
This is definitely a hard one to watch, I do not know what to think. While inspirational that those are so collectively rising up to fight for their freedom, the chaos and bloodshed and unrest that can result from all of this makes me very uneasy. Egypt in peace is kinda crucial to keeping the Middle East in equilibrium, yes? So I gather. And very much yes to not knowing what to think.
I'm with the other commenters about the lack of women in the vid, that struck me while watching as well. And probably added to my not knowing what to think. It's never black and white, that's the problem. Plus of course all kinds of region/country specific politics & history that we aren't familiar with, and that makes it hard to gauge.
I haven't caught yet, what was the primary impetus for this? Was this planned or did the gov't do something to provoke it? I believe Tunesia was what sparked it off, and there have in the past been other outbreaks of unrest, albeit not on this scale...
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*prays for a good outcome*
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Same here. No one knows where it'll go, if things will end up better or worse, but the people's bravery is inescapable.
May I link to this, or nick the video from you?
By all means nick it! (That's what I did myself, after all...)
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I share your fears. In every democratic movement, women's rights are always the first to be sacrificed in the name of the "greater good" and the last to be recognized.
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Add in that we've got Tea Partiers in the U.S. who are cheering with them like the situation in Egypt is anyway comparable to our current politics over here, and ugh, I don't even know. It's definitely a hard thing to watch unfold.
I'm with the other commenters about the lack of women in the vid, that struck me while watching as well. And probably added to my not knowing what to think.
I haven't caught yet, what was the primary impetus for this? Was this planned or did the gov't do something to provoke it? I know the president was thought to put his name in the elections or his son, but was this started after some official announcement from him or did the news just spread underground.
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So I gather. And very much yes to not knowing what to think.
I'm with the other commenters about the lack of women in the vid, that struck me while watching as well. And probably added to my not knowing what to think.
It's never black and white, that's the problem. Plus of course all kinds of region/country specific politics & history that we aren't familiar with, and that makes it hard to gauge.
I haven't caught yet, what was the primary impetus for this? Was this planned or did the gov't do something to provoke it?
I believe Tunesia was what sparked it off, and there have in the past been other outbreaks of unrest, albeit not on this scale...