Egypt: Women Herded and Tied Like Camels

[busybody..]

Egypt: Women Herded and Tied Like Camels
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This picture, taken at a recent protest in Egypt, has been making the rounds on various Arabic websites. Note the rope around the women, herding them like camels; note the man to the right holding the leash, walking them. I am told this is a common “precautionary measure” to keep women from mixing with men during protests.

Considering that certain Islamic texts describe females as “she-camels in heat,” or that it is traditional for some men to divorce their wives by saying “you are given free reign and unloosed like that camel,” or that Muslims are thought to have a mind-frame rooted in sand, camels, and ropes—this measure must surely seem natural.

At any rate, to those who think that history must always progress, take note: fifty years ago, the overwhelming majority of women in Egypt wore modern dresses, hair uncovered, and would never have condescended to being walked on a leash.

Such is “progress”—“Arab Spring” style.

 

[busybody..]

If only we adopted this idea to the US

We would be better off

 

[JohnnySavage]

If only we adopted this idea to the US

We would be better off

Fear not the wailing of women. Even ancient Rome was warned of invasion by the cackling of its geese.

 

[busybody..]

 

[JohnnySavage]

Don't you roll your eyes. That's Einstein.

 

[busybody..]

did you see MY Einstein quote in my SIG LINE?

 

[JohnnySavage]

did you see MY Einstein quote in my SIG LINE?

I have sigs off.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Oh, I've seen that circulating around the Facebook. Although, Facebook is becoming like lit. I have everyone on ignore except myself.

 

[busybody..]

I have sigs off.

DUMMY

You should everyone

Except ME

and turn on SIGS, just for MY EVER CHANGING JUAN's


http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/111107-einstein.jpg

 

[unregistered]

 

[busybody..]

we could learn from them

 

[phrodeau]

They learned it from the Hebrews.

 

[busybody..]

They learned it from the Hebrews.

IGGY

Bye

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

Fear not the wailing of women. Even ancient Rome was warned of invasion by the cackling of its geese.

now this made me laugh

 

[busybody..]

now this made me laugh

you always pick low hanging fruit

 

[busybody..]

Im lookin for women to herd around

Anyone

wanna be herded

 

[ziti_the_noodle]

Is camel girl anything like pony girl?

-ziti

 

[Karen Kraft]

Egypt: Women Herded and Tied Like Camels
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/files/2011/11/x1.jpg

This picture, taken at a recent protest in Egypt, has been making the rounds on various Arabic websites. Note the rope around the women, herding them like camels; note the man to the right holding the leash, walking them. I am told this is a common “precautionary measure” to keep women from mixing with men during protests.

Considering that certain Islamic texts describe females as “she-camels in heat,” or that it is traditional for some men to divorce their wives by saying “you are given free reign and unloosed like that camel,” or that Muslims are thought to have a mind-frame rooted in sand, camels, and ropes—this measure must surely seem natural.

At any rate, to those who think that history must always progress, take note: fifty years ago, the overwhelming majority of women in Egypt wore modern dresses, hair uncovered, and would never have condescended to being walked on a leash.

Such is “progress”—“Arab Spring” style.

Not to mention Iran, under Pahlavi

 

[oggbashan]

Perhaps its a symbolic protest showing how women were/are regarded by the then current regime? Like suffragettes chaining themselves to the railings by the UK Parliament?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Hey, at least they weren't put on dog collars and leashes and treated as sex toys...

 

[busybody..]

Perhaps its a symbolic protest showing how women were/are regarded by the then current regime? Like suffragettes chaining themselves to the railings by the UK Parliament?

Clearly you are an intelligent person

Clearly YOU KNOW that is NOT the reason

What is hard to believe is

Why it is

You try to hard to hide from the truth

 

[oggbashan]

Clearly you are an intelligent person

Clearly YOU KNOW that is NOT the reason

What is hard to believe is

Why it is

You try to hard to hide from the truth

I don't know the reason. Neither do you.

My guess is as valid as yours.

 

[busybody..]

I don't know the reason. Neither do you.

My guess is as valid as yours.

when you have women thruout ALL MUSLIM countries treated as they are

when you had women CHECKED for VIRGINITY at rallies AFTER the FALL of MUBARAK

then we all know reality

that you pretend not to see it

is sad

 

[busybody..]

No doubt there is a good reason, right OGG?

Egypt: Leading Islamist Presidential Candidate Vows To Arrest Bikini-Clad Women If Elected…




Egyptian women will soon long for the Mubarak day.


(JPost) — Marwa and Heba are polar opposites, at least outwardly. Both 23 years old, Marwa, a recent university graduate and unemployed, is veiled, while Heba displays her hair in a pony-tail uncovered. Both take drags from their shisha (water pipe) at a local café.

Yet, in spite of their appearance, both are frustrated at the campaign promises being touted by leading politicians over how women should dress and act. A lengthy elections season has begun in Egypt, with legislative polling starting November 28 and continuing in stages until March, followed by a presidential vote in 2013. And, freed from the strictures of the Mubarak era, politicians are pushing forward on an Islamic agenda.

“It’s so frustrating,” says Marwa, who told The Media Line that she wears the veil in part because her mother wants it and partly out of the conviction that “it was the right thing to do.” But at the same time she is critical of politicians “who would dare tell a woman what is appropriate. That is un-Islamic.”

The two are typical young Egyptian women, who participated in the January and February uprising that forced out president Hosni Mubarak and put the country on the path toward democracy. But with elections just two weeks away, they are lamenting how women are being left out of the dialogue and discussion of the future of the country.

The controversy over the status of women in post-Mubarak Egypt came to a head at the start of November after Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail, a leading presidential candidate and Muslim cleric, gave two television interviews in which he outlined an Islamic future for the country that would impose Saudi Arabian-style dress and behavior on the public.

In an interview on the 90 Minutes television program, Abu Ismail said he supported what he called “Islamic dress” for women, meaning the hijab, or veil. Asked about what would happen to a woman wearing a bikini on the beach, he responded, “she would be arrested

 

[busybody..]

You can get 800 stories per day like this, but YOU will pretend not to get it

No doubt there is a good reason, right OGG?

Egypt: Leading Islamist Presidential Candidate Vows To Arrest Bikini-Clad Women If Elected…




Egyptian women will soon long for the Mubarak day.

Saudi Arabia: Sharia Court Sentences Woman To Be Flogged For Driving Car…





(Emirates 24/7) — A Saudi court has ordered the flogging of a local woman 10 times for driving a car in defiance of a long-standing ban in the Kingdom, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Shaima Jastaniya said the court in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah had issued what she described as a “Sharia sentence” ordering her lashing for violating the ban on female driving.

“I received a copy of this sentence on Saturday. I now need to consult my lawyer after what happened to me,” she said, quoted by the London-based Saudi Arabic language daily Alhayat.

The paper said the sentence could be carried out within a month, adding that Shaima, who was caught driving in Jeddah in Summer, can appeal. It did not mention Shaima’s age.