Rwanda Slaps Me in the Face and Grins



Now the expressionless face was mine.














  1. #1 by nadiaelawady on April 7, 2014 - 12:41 pm

    This morning I received a tweet about Egypt achieving two new world records at the Powerlifting World Championships in Dubai. They were achieved by Sherif Othman, a paralympic champion. Another Egyptian, a young woman, Zeinab Oteify, came in fourth place in her category. She was the former world record holder in that category. The tweet was accompanied by a picture of her. She wore the hijab and had short sleeves on. She was raising her hands in what seemed as gratitude to God after finishing a lift. It was a heart-warming picture. I retweeted the tweet because I felt very proud of these two Egyptians’ achievements. My retweet was further retweeted several times by others. But there was one man who wrote a reply to me and to the original tweeter: “I keep seeing the strangest things. How ignorant and immature for her to wear a hijab and short sleeves. Is it to prove she is Muslim? I swear to God this is ridiculous,” he said. This is a woman with some sort of a disability who was able to overcome that disability and become a world record holder in weight lifting. She has achieved something absolutely amazing. Why would someone overlook that to focus on her short sleeves? It is so telling of what our country has come to. So telling.

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  2. #2 by Reem Bakheet on April 8, 2014 - 6:48 am

    Dear, I think it is the individual .. We do not look inside and become a better person, we do not improve individually. We always look for others, we criticize , then what ??! Nothing .. No change happens
    I read a strong book “انا وأخواتها” لسلمان العودة اكثر من رائع وهو رحلة في أسرار الذات الانسانية
    Allah bless you my creative great writer

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  3. #3 by Shaima on April 9, 2014 - 5:46 am

    Dichotomy and polarity is universal law, and without it we cant coexist, where there is divinity also there is evil, making peace with that make us perceive matters in many different ways, make us things more clearly and if we can make a change we will be able to take the appropriate action.

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