Comments on: From the Diary of a Sinister Egyptian Spinster http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Global Voices بالعربية » النساء العربيات… قاصرات حتى يمتن http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/comment-page-1/#comment-1579662 Global Voices بالعربية » النساء العربيات… قاصرات حتى يمتن Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/#comment-1579662 [...] مع قيود وأغلال ثقافتهم [جميع الروابط بالإنكليزية]، بعض النساء العربيات يتم التعامل معهن كقاصرات لن يجنوا ثمار البلوغ أبداً. فبالإضافة إلى عالم [...] [...] مع قيود وأغلال ثقافتهم [جميع الروابط بالإنكليزية]، بعض النساء العربيات يتم التعامل معهن كقاصرات لن يجنوا ثمار البلوغ أبداً. فبالإضافة إلى عالم [...]

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]]> By: CarpetCaptain http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/comment-page-1/#comment-1477200 CarpetCaptain Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:38:53 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/#comment-1477200 "Also, your western-feminist-soaked rhetoric reeks of contempt for Islamic holy law which enshrines male primacy" If it wasn't for her lack of acceptance of that "primacy" she would;ve acceped being bare footed ad pregnant in some cairo kitchen. You seem to mix wanting to be with a man with needing one to control her. Noone needs anyone for anything but I think its fair to say that we all want someone who adds or complements what we already have or are willing to offer the world. I'm not sure what brought the Jew and Lesbians into this discussion but I can state for fact that you've affirmed why she doesn't want to gt traded for 3 goats and a cow (or vice versa if she was hot) “Also, your western-feminist-soaked rhetoric reeks of contempt for Islamic holy law which enshrines male primacy”

If it wasn’t for her lack of acceptance of that “primacy” she would;ve acceped being bare footed ad pregnant in some cairo kitchen.

You seem to mix wanting to be with a man with needing one to control her. Noone needs anyone for anything but I think its fair to say that we all want someone who adds or complements what we already have or are willing to offer the world.

I’m not sure what brought the Jew and Lesbians into this discussion but I can state for fact that you’ve affirmed why she doesn’t want to gt traded for 3 goats and a cow (or vice versa if she was hot)

]]> By: Samer ***** Muhsen http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/comment-page-1/#comment-1476493 Samer ***** Muhsen Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:45:42 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/#comment-1476493 You seem to have a very negative outlook on Egyptian men. Some indeed are childish jerks and selfish egotistical fools, but not all. The extended adolescence, the societal emasculation and helplessness that the Egyptian economy and political system enforces do have devastating effects on men’s maturity, self-worth and their ability to relate to women. I guarantee you that this world is much harsher on Egyptian young men whose youth is wasted in utter frustration and despair. Perhaps, you are more acquainted with certain types because they are the ones that women tend to notice. Nonetheless, men tend to have more delicate psyches and they also tend to internalize their pains and frustrations. Also, your western-feminist-soaked rhetoric reeks of contempt for Islamic holy law which enshrines male primacy. Incidentally, every culture that has adopted feminism in full force such as Scandinavia, Spain and the Netherlands is collapsing demographically, religiously and morally. In the end Islam will be the sole unchallenged power. To adopt what have brought others to such lows is sheer madness. If those sensitive understanding men are what European women wanted, you would not see those women marrying Arab and Muslim men in such great numbers, leaving their effete countrymen in the dust. A real woman needs a man, and she will take a flawed one who has a sense of his manhood, even a vain one with an ego the size of the Pyramids who will “put her in her place” and make her feel secure and feminine. It is evolutionally Psychology at play which supersedes all the gender-studies’ indoctrination by Jewish and Lesbian radical feminists. I am sorry, but English is not my forte! You seem to have a very negative outlook on Egyptian men. Some indeed are childish jerks and selfish egotistical fools, but not all. The extended adolescence, the societal emasculation and helplessness that the Egyptian economy and political system enforces do have devastating effects on men’s maturity, self-worth and their ability to relate to women. I guarantee you that this world is much harsher on Egyptian young men whose youth is wasted in utter frustration and despair. Perhaps, you are more acquainted with certain types because they are the ones that women tend to notice. Nonetheless, men tend to have more delicate psyches and they also tend to internalize their pains and frustrations.

Also, your western-feminist-soaked rhetoric reeks of contempt for Islamic holy law which enshrines male primacy. Incidentally, every culture that has adopted feminism in full force such as Scandinavia, Spain and the Netherlands is collapsing demographically, religiously and morally. In the end Islam will be the sole unchallenged power. To adopt what have brought others to such lows is sheer madness. If those sensitive understanding men are what European women wanted, you would not see those women marrying Arab and Muslim men in such great numbers, leaving their effete countrymen in the dust. A real woman needs a man, and she will take a flawed one who has a sense of his manhood, even a vain one with an ego the size of the Pyramids who will “put her in her place” and make her feel secure and feminine. It is evolutionally Psychology at play which supersedes all the gender-studies’ indoctrination by Jewish and Lesbian radical feminists.

I am sorry, but English is not my forte!

]]> By: Marwa Rakha http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/comment-page-1/#comment-1467127 Marwa Rakha Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:35:50 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/#comment-1467127 Good luck Dina .. independence is a great experience and I am sure you will manage well x Good luck Dina .. independence is a great experience and I am sure you will manage well x

]]> By: Dina http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/comment-page-1/#comment-1466175 Dina Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:38:10 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/29/from-the-diaries-of-an-egyptian-sinister-spinster/#comment-1466175 ya 7asra 3aleina! Unfortunately, in Egypt we are a few light years away from appreciating female independence. I've wanted to move out since I graduated from university, but I knew that if I did, my parents would literally disown me, and they would be humiliated forever, especially since we live in a fairly populated area where our neighbours are already watching my every move and commenting on everything. My mother is awfully (and narow-mindedly) religious, and my father is obsessed with getting me married, regardless of "love" which he evidently does not believe in. But I've finally managed to break free, by travelling. Building my very own life now, and can't say that I regret it. Sure, I miss my parents, my friends, my country... but it is well worth it, in my opinion. ya 7asra 3aleina!

Unfortunately, in Egypt we are a few light years away from appreciating female independence. I’ve wanted to move out since I graduated from university, but I knew that if I did, my parents would literally disown me, and they would be humiliated forever, especially since we live in a fairly populated area where our neighbours are already watching my every move and commenting on everything. My mother is awfully (and narow-mindedly) religious, and my father is obsessed with getting me married, regardless of “love” which he evidently does not believe in.

But I’ve finally managed to break free, by travelling. Building my very own life now, and can’t say that I regret it. Sure, I miss my parents, my friends, my country… but it is well worth it, in my opinion.

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