Women and the revolution
CAIRO — When 19-year-old Nahal protested in Tahrir Square several weeks ago, she wasn’t there to fight for her rights as a woman, but to fight for her rights as an Egyptian. "There are no differences between men and women here," she said. "We are all one hand." Thousands of women echoed Nahal’s sentiments as ...
CAIRO — When 19-year-old Nahal protested in Tahrir Square several weeks ago, she wasn't there to fight for her rights as a woman, but to fight for her rights as an Egyptian. "There are no differences between men and women here," she said. "We are all one hand."
CAIRO — When 19-year-old Nahal protested in Tahrir Square several weeks ago, she wasn’t there to fight for her rights as a woman, but to fight for her rights as an Egyptian. "There are no differences between men and women here," she said. "We are all one hand."
Thousands of women echoed Nahal’s sentiments as they raised brazen signs, led lively chants, and stood next to men in what some have deemed an unprecedented display of equality between the sexes in modern Egyptian history.
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