March 8, 2011, was the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day – a fitting time to review the status and roles of Egyptian women after the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak on February 11. During the l8 days of tumultuous protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egyptian women in veils or western clothes took an active part along side the men.
About one quarter of the million protestors who converged on the square each day were women. Housewives, students and business women shouted, fought, slept in the square and faced snipers and tear gas in the streets. Their participation was remarkable based on the traditional place of women in Egyptian society before the revolution exploded.
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March 8, 2011, was the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day – a fitting time to review the status and roles of Egyptian women after the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak on February 11. During the l8 days of tumultuous protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egyptian women in veils or western clothes took an active part along side the men.
About one quarter of the million protestors who converged on the square each day were women. Housewives, students and business women shouted, fought, slept in the square and faced snipers and tear gas in the streets. Their participation was remarkable based on the traditional place of women in Egyptian society before the revolution exploded.
To read the full text, please visit the Jewish Times.