Islam has not progressed. With time, due to some inherent issues with doctrine of the religion (decreed that it is words of God written for all times), and due to historical events (Crusades had such a negative impact and forced the Islamic states inwards and totally rejected the foreign influences,..).… read more →
“The shadow of a man is better than a roof over the head.” This Arabic proverb has long described the plight of women in Egypt. Like the classic Pyramids of Giza, the culture of Egypt for the most part stands unchanged. Egyptian men continue to use the banner of Islam… read more →
When I wrote in my memoir about the corrupted culture with backward tribal ideas that provided all the privileges to men, my women friends blamed me for misrepresenting Muslim culture. They denied, like many women living in that culture, the endemic disease of sexual abuse and rape that infest the… read more →
The ascendancy of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis in the parliament is rapidly shaping the Egyptian Society A friend, who lives in Alexandria, expressed her worries about the Salafi’s intrusion in her neighborhood of Rouchdy. Pharmacies in Egypt, unlike in the United States, allow pharmacists to inject patients with necessary… read more →
Even though political injustice may have triggered the revolution in Egypt, another important cause was the stagnant economy. The difficulty of the family of my sister Hala illustrate that. My sister Hala has two sons, Shawki 29, and Sameh 31 are college graduates like many young men in Egypt, they… read more →