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SELLING LINGERIE ON EGYPTIAN STREET!
Tweet Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the global symbol of the January 25th Revolution, where millions of Egyptians, including women, went to demand the toppling of the regime. Lately, Tahrir Square has witnessed the courting of the Egyptian population by General Al Sisi and his propaganda machine as well as a “Million Woman March” demanding the toppling of the hijab.The history of progressive women and their struggle for independence and social freedom is an old one. They are starting with the Egyptian feminist and activist, Huda El Sha’arwi, founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923. Two events stand out in the history of women’s struggle in Egypt. In the Egyptian…
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The Accidental Hero!!
Tweet The Accidental Hero!! In his book “Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the America Era,” Joseph Nye of Harvard University divided American presidents into two groups. One is made up of “transformational” leaders — those with the grandiose goal of using American influence to spread democracy and liberty around the world. The second group contains “transactional” leaders — pragmatists who have modest goals. Although I don’t completely agree with Mr. Nye’s conclusions, I agree with his premise of classifying leaders. But in Egypt this may not apply, since it where it has been a different kind of heroes, the accidental hero. In the post-colonial era, Egypt has been consistently…