.... Women want their rights respected on divorce, maternity issues and custody of children," says Ibrahim, a daughter of means who has taken up a video camera to record her country's poverty and social injustices. Ibrahim, who is known as Gigi, is unveiled and unblinkingly brash; she relishes the clamor of street rallies. "I believe in the right to abortion. Women must be able to have that choice. We want a civil, secular state."
About 3,000 women marched in solidarity after the blue bra incident, a remarkable gathering that focused enormous international pressure on the generals. But it had no momentum, and revealed the disparate interests and beliefs that have long stifled Egypt's feminist movement. [Los Angeles Times] Read more
