Let the Women Play
14th August 2008
Read it.
Sing the chorus: “Do it ouuuur way! Do it our way! Do it ouuuur way, or you’ll be wrong!”
As an Egyptian, Muslim woman, I was proud last week to see 26 women on my country’s Olympic team. I was delighted to see a woman carrying the flag for Bahrain’s team and another doing so for the team from the United Arab Emirates — the first woman to represent her country at the Olympics.
I have a question: does this person have any identity other than her status as an Egyptian, Muslim woman?
Far be it from me to say anything positive about a Muslim country — and I’m not; I think Egypt (and most Egyptians) suck, and have for the last, oh, 1400 years. I just wish the Overclass would keep their noses out of other people’s business.