Can I say something? I am sooo tired.Today we had a free evening, kinda, so at about 6pm after an islamic feminism lecture wanted to check out a local bar. None of four people wanted to do it when we met at 9pm. Ahh, you wanna hear more about islamic feminism, you say! With all the preconceptions you have in your little ignorant heads, you would say that notion of islamic feminism is an oxymoron. Well, islamic feminism does not want equal RIGHTS for women, it wants equal JUSTICE. Which I still do not get. For a muslim, the most important thing is piety and following the word of god. So you have to follow it, even if you do not like it. Muslim feminists work on reinterpreting the verses of Quran that have been misinterpreted by patriarchal a-holes.
Polygamy! Egypt is a secular country that incorporated sharia laws; they apply only to family matters. Sharia is a set of laws, drawn from verses of Quran; basically sharia represents about 20% of Quran. Prophet Mohamed advised men to marry up to 4 women, if they are widows or orphans in order to help them. Still, none of muslim women I talked to, want to share their husbands/ future husbands and would divorce in case of another woman appears.
Random time! There is many super-old cars polluting Cairo streets. I thought this one was a Zhiguli, but it is actually a Peugeot, one of the most popular cars. Egyptians say "Bejo", as there is no sound 'p' in Arabic. Blease leave your comments on this bage if you think that Lady Gaga's bobularity will be over soon.
Horse tour guides demonstrating how to ride a horse like a real man.
Hungry Cairenes at lunch hour. Tip: If you want to tip someone, shake their hand and discreetly slip the money, spy style. Otherwise it is offensive to just openly put it in their hands.
Here is a zebra skinned and painted red for aesthetic purposes.Actually I don't know what animal is that. Do you know? And it is not donkey meat.
Right next to the meat place is this glamorous store selling chandeliers? They definitely try to diversify shopping experience.
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Men have a natural right to skin their zebra and serve it to a widow or two. (Old Arabic proverb)
Hooray for bobularity!
I can't pelieve it (about 4 wives)! May be Quran was talking about at least 4 women a man can date & then it was misinterpreted? It makes sense to meet different people & choose your life partner afterward...
to Eugene: I abbrove ur comment.
to lolik_bolik: u can totally google it, but as I got it: during prophet mohammed times, there was a huge war, shortage of men, so mohammed personally married four women. one was a jew, one a christian, one, say, a scientologist and one was an atheist. he did that to promote tolerance and to protect widowed women. kinda like men are naturally promiscuous, so instead of cheating it's better to lawfully take another wife and ensure that her kids are protected and provided for.
Intresting...Mohammed was full of love, enough for 4 women! I really admire it! (Yuliya)
Sorry: enough for populations of many countries...
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