Laila 3
October 18th, 2008
campaign, female, society
So tomorrow marks Laila’s third anniversary. I was going to say the Egyptian Laila but I personally believe she comes from every Arab country or any male-dominant society. I’ve been in her shoes in some occassions and I know MANY Laila’s to feel her pain. After all I’m a female and proud of it, so I guess this makes me Laila by default 
I’ve never participated and wrote anything in Laila’s day but I make sure every time that I read all of the posts. I’m even following Lasto Adri‘s delicious bookmarks this time to keep me updated even before it starts 
(Sorry ~blushes~). I really want to participate this time even if it’s a very small and humble particpation.
What I look forward to more is the reactions; the negative ones to be specific. You see when a so-called “man” mocks Laila (and many will tomorrow), it’s only because he’ll feel threatened and maybe for the first time in his life someone will tell him what a very silly human being he is. I feel sorry for them, for they don’t know any other way to deal with Laila. They attack her at work, they attack her at home, they attack her in the street, they attack her in the stores, they attack her when she tries to claim her rights, they attack her when she tries to defend herself, they attack her when she wants to be herself, they attack her everywhere and all the time. So I won’t be surprised when they attack her on her day.
I also feel sorry for those men who think that Laila is trying to be like them or Laila is against men. She’s not!! Laila is about Laila’s life. Sometimes her problems are caused be women not men. So dear -Laila is against men- “man”, you’re not the center of the universe this time.
I’m looking forward to see Laila’s posts tomorrow. I will agree with some posts and I will disagree with others. But it won’t change on whose side I am: Definitely hers.
2 Responses
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anasqtiesh October 28, 2008 at 5:00 am
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nightS October 28, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I’m really enjoying reading the book.
I contacted the Author and proposed to translate it into arabic. he answered that an arabic version would get him killed
, i’m still trying to make him reconsider.