Shirin Ebadi: A Warning for Women of the Arab Spring – WSJ.com

Peanut Gallery – Make no mistake, Islamists are no friends of women.

Since women make up half of the region’s population, any democratic developments must improve the social and legal status of women in the Arab world. It appears the Tunisian society has strong civil institutions, and there is much hope that democracy can take hold there. But in Egypt, many political actors are talking about returning to Islamic law, which could result in a regression of rights for women and girls similar to what we experienced in Iran in 1979.

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Shirin Ebadi: A Warning for Women of the Arab Spring – WSJ.com.

Egyptian lawmaker lied to cover nose job….

Peanut Gallery: In America, our politicians get nose jobs to cover their lying…. it’s called “pinocchioplasty”… or sometimes “rhinoplasty.”
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“CAIRO — A lawmaker from Egypt’s most conservative Islamist party resigned from parliament after he was caught lying to cover up a nose job, claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from a carjacking and beating….”

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Egyptian lawmaker out by a nose | ajc.com.

Rise in crime intensifies unease in once-safe Egypt – chicagotribune.com

Peanut Gallery: There is just no way “to put the genie back in the bottle.”

“Reporting from Cairo— The headlines reflect a previously unknown cruelty: a woman gunned down in a rich Cairo neighborhood, a rash of carjackings, a deadly soccer riot, a stream of smuggled arms that have given muscle to criminal gangs once easily outgunned by police.

The revolution that inspired this country one year ago has set loose a menacing air that Egyptians find unfamiliar. Bristling beneath the political battle for power against the ruling generals is an insecurity over crime and a bitterness that has darkened Egypt’s congenial nature.”

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Rise in crime intensifies unease in once-safe Egypt – chicagotribune.com.

Egypt Islamist: Cuts In US Aid Imperil Peace Deal | Fox News

Peanut Gallery: Wait a second… now our foreign aid has become an entitlement program for Egypt? And Egypt is threatening to start trouble with Israel if we don’t pay up?

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Morsi said the annual U.S. aid is part of its commitment to Egypt’s 1979 treaty with Israel — a bedrock of U.S. interests in the Middle East — and should not be at risk because of the dispute over the nonprofit groups.

“The U.S. is a principle part of this agreement and its guarantor. There is no room for talking about aid except in the framework of discussing the peace deal,” Morsi said. “Brandishing threats to stop this aid is out of place. Otherwise, the peace deal would be reconsidered or it could flounder.”

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