Egyptian - Journalist | August 1, 1967 -
As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as I want both sides of that hyphen to move beyond the deceptive simplicity of the question, 'Why do they hate us?'
Mona Eltahawy
FreedomHateSimplicityEnjoyWant
Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often used as bogeymen to guarantee the support of foreign allies.
SupportPlayingUsedAlliesMiddle
Anti-U.S. sentiment has been born out of many grievances - support and weapons for such dictators as Mubarak, unquestionable support for Israel in its occupation of Palestine, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen that kill more civilians than intended targets.
SupportBornMoreAfghanistanOut
When Mubarak does die, he will be remembered as the most bland of those military men turned dictators: compare him with Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Anwar Sadat. The legacies most associated with him are a network of bridges and highways and 'stability.'
MenBridgesDieWillMilitaryHim
Bashar al-Assad's henchmen stomped on the hands of famed Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat. Our dictators tailor wounds to suit their victims' occupations.
HandsTailorSuitDictatorsWounds
When the only two sides fighting are conservative - even if one of them is just conservative in appearance - then everyone loses. And women don't just lose; they're also used as cheap ammunition.
WomenFightingLoseAppearanceCheap
For most of my life, the U.S. was never anything more than vacation memories.
LifeMemoriesVacationMy LifeNever
That morning of 11 September 2001, as we watched the twin towers crumble on live television, America and I would develop a bond that has proven deeper and more enduring - for better or worse, through sickness and health - than the one I had with my now ex-husband.
LiveMorningHealthBondSickness
I left my husband a year after 9/11. Not because he was an American and I an Egyptian, nothing to do with culture or religion, nothing to do with 9/11. We brought out the worst in each other. But before we separated, we visited N.Y.C. one more time together for a friend's engagement, and we went to pay our respects at the site of the attacks.
FriendTimeCultureTogetherHusband
I have chosen not to have children.
ChildrenChosen
I was born in Egypt, and my family moved to London when I was seven. I grew up mostly in Clapham, where I also went to school after a brief stint in Whitechapel.
FamilySchoolBornEgyptLondonUp
It's one thing to be groped and harassed by passers-by, but when the state gropes you, it gives a green light that you are fair game.
LightGreenGameYouFairOne Thing
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Mona Eltahawy quotes