Although I was planning to start this series with having personal mission that goes along with the country, but this new and ugly incident is obliging me to talk about it now as it is in the core of what I am campaigning for..
Top CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan suffered a "brutal" sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of president Hosni Mubarak, her US network says.
Being Egyptian now means that we HAVE to keep the wonderful and civilized image we had during the revolution.. Not having a single of harassment during the whole revolution was a message to the whole world, and would in-turn build trust and will help tourism to boom and inturn the national income... but such acts will ruin all what we are doing, and will take us many steps back.... This is far from Being Egyptian 2.0, and this is not the 25 January guys.
What should we do:
1. Sign and spread the apology for Logan http://www.change.org/petitions/walk-free-stop-sexual-harassment-in-egypt-apology-to-lara-logan
2. Dont allow ANYone to do harassment ANY girl even if you don't know her. Do what ever you can according to the circumstances whether in the streets, buses,..etc. This by time will fade this ugly and sick practice away in-shaa Allah and will help us move on to Egyptian 2.0
Sorry for dedicating this post for this issue, but it is urgent and very important.
LARA LOGAN ... please accept our sincere apology, and you are welcomed at anytime in Egypt.
Mohaly
Top CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan suffered a "brutal" sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of president Hosni Mubarak, her US network says."She and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy," CBS said in a statement on Tuesday.
"In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew.
The incident took place on Cairo's central Tahrir Square last Friday, the day Mubarak stepped down, CBS said.
http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=73601&sy=smh&source=hardenexpress.com.au/news/world/world/general/us-reporter-lara-logans-brutal-assault-by-mob-in-egypt/2077546.aspx
http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=73601&sy=smh&source=hardenexpress.com.au/news/world/world/general/us-reporter-lara-logans-brutal-assault-by-mob-in-egypt/2077546.aspx
What should we do:
1. Sign and spread the apology for Logan http://www.change.org/petitions/walk-free-stop-sexual-harassment-in-egypt-apology-to-lara-logan
2. Dont allow ANYone to do harassment ANY girl even if you don't know her. Do what ever you can according to the circumstances whether in the streets, buses,..etc. This by time will fade this ugly and sick practice away in-shaa Allah and will help us move on to Egyptian 2.0
Sorry for dedicating this post for this issue, but it is urgent and very important.
LARA LOGAN ... please accept our sincere apology, and you are welcomed at anytime in Egypt.
Mohaly
-----> Our Revolution is not yet over...
leeh keda!
ReplyDeletetamam ya mohaly
ReplyDeleteaslaha mesh na2sa
ReplyDeletemohaly, at the risk of sounding like a cold-hearted bitch, i will say it...
ReplyDeletei am not sorry.
i was not the one who raped her, and neither was i there and watched it happen without stopping them...
i would LOVE to see those who did it SORRY in every sense of the word...
i completely sympathize and feel for lara logan, actually i am both heartbroken and infuriated at the idea of anyone being subjected to this, but i do not owe her an apology... an apology to me means i had a part to play in her assault, and i didn't...
we egyptians have been apologizing for things we didn't make out of "good manners"... but compassion is "good manners", not an apology for something you could have not stop...
It is our responsibility from now on to help this not to happen.
ReplyDeletedefinitely.
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