Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Thugs Got 50 Pounds and a Chicken to Beat Us!

Filed under: Middle East — by Ruth Friend @ 10:53 am
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Famed Egyptian writer, medical doctor and anti-government activist Nawal el Saadawi, at 80 years old, is in the middle of things in Tahrir square.  Here is a video of her talking about the thugs sent to beat her.  [Forgive the BP ad that precedes. It is especially egregious given BP's interest in propping up the dictator who sent in the thugs.]

Nawal el Saadawi

Read more about el Saadawi at this post.

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Words for Acts

It is impudent in the extreme for this man to go around Europe haranguing people on their duties to civilization when his own country presents one of the most lawless aspects of modern life the whole world affords.

Roger Casement
Irish Human Rights Champion

commenting on Teddy Roosevelt's 1910 Guildhall
speech telling Great Britain to either rule Egypt or get out.

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