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- Egypt - Iraq - US politics
"Women of Egypt are a red line"
Today's international press roundup focuses on Egypt, after thousands of women took to the streets to march against police brutality. We also look at rising sectarianism in Iraq, and the US row over payroll tax.
By Elena CASAS
Al-Masry Al-Youm says the nascent Egyptian feminist movement should take heart from yesterday's turnout - while al-Ahram says the victims of police brutality are still fighting a propaganda war against the state media.
The New York Times editorial calls on Barack Obama to cancel the 2 billion euro annual subsidy the US gives to Egypt if the army does not leave power. But a controversial Foreign Policy piece argues protesters are as much responsible for violence as the army.
The Guardian says the arrest warrant issued for Iraq's vice president shows that the country is falling into sectarianism - and could soon break up.
The Huffington Post reports on the breakdown of payroll tax talks between Democrats and Republicans - and the bankers who think they have received enough of the blame.
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Womwn Brutality in Arab Uprising
Middle East Violence by the Security Forces
The wanton violence inflicted by the security forces on protesters in the Middle East is a reflection of the malaise of most societies. Members of these forces are drawn from the less literate of society. As such they possess an animus against the well-to-do segment of the society. They perceive their status as a consequence of the machinations of the ruling and bourgeois classes. Armed with weapons and authority they are bent on exacting vengeance with an overabundance of hatred on their perceived oppressors. In the Middle Eastern societies where women are still considered to be inferior in social status, this animosity is all the more evident. These semi-literate fundamentalists cannot relate to the desire of their women to participate in the affairs of the society. The brutality against women in the aftermath of the Arab and Libya uprising is symptomatic of the cultural norms of the fundamentalists in most Middle Eastern societies. These semi-literate fanatics see these courageous women as depraved persons to be put down by the most brutal means.
Womwn Brutalty in the Arab Uprising
Middle East Violence by the Security Forces
The wanton violence inflicted by the security forces on protesters in the Middle East is a reflection of the malaise of most societies. Members of these forces are drawn from the less literate of society. As such they possess an animus against the well-to-do segment of the society. They perceive their status as a consequence of the machinations of the ruling and bourgeois classes. Armed with weapons and authority they are bent on exacting vengeance with an overabundance of hatred on their perceived oppressors. In the Middle Eastern societies where women are still considered to be inferior in social status, this animosity is all the more evident. These semi-literate fundamentalists cannot relate to the desire of their women to participate in the affairs of the society. The brutality against women in the aftermath of the Arab and Libya uprising is symptomatic of the cultural norms of the fundamentalists in most Middle Eastern societies. These semi-literate fanatics see these courageous women as depraved persons to be put down by the most brutal means.