But where’s the video?
Where’s the video of mobs in Cairo enforcing genital mutilation?
Show us the video! Or better still…
Send us a tweet!
Because…
All we “geniuses” of the liberal blogosphere and all we “geniuses” of the progressive blogosphere and all we “geniuses” of the mainstream media actually know about Egypt is what we saw in a video, or read in a tweet!
More than 95 percent of Egyptian women had been circumcised, with the highest levels in poor families living in rural areas of the Nile valley in southern Egypt, according to an Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2005.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
And if the people want to mutilate the genitalia of every little girl in Egypt, what kind of anti-democratic tyrant would ruthlessly oppose them?
That would be Hosni Mubarak, and especially his wife, Suzanne.
The wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Suzanne, is lending her prestige to a national campaign against practices harmful to women, in particular female genital mutilation (FGM).
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply entrenched cultural tradition practiced by various ethnic groups in more than 28 countries on the African continent. The practice is also found among populations in countries on the Arabian peninsula, in the Middle East, and in Southeast Asia.
With the recent increase in emigration of African populations, African immigrants have imported the practice of FGM to Europe and other Western countries. Serious attention to the enactment of preventative measures against FGM in Western countries can no longer be postponed. To this end, AIDOS (Italian Association for Women in Development), NPWJ (No Peace Without Justice) and TAMWA (Tanzanian Media Women’s Association) have obtained the financial support of the European Union and other donors to execute an international “STOP FGM” Campaign. Seven other NGOs from Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are also taking part.
So Suzanne Mubarak isn’t just leading the charge against female genital mutilation in Egypt, she’s leading the charge for 500,000,000 women all over Africa!
And so what?
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Cut those little girls!
Mubarak bad. Mob good.
We know, because we saw it in a video!
And since you love those videos so much, check out this classic!
And now you know what you’re cheering for, when you cheer for those “democratic” mobs in the streets of Cairo!
But don’t forget who’s cheering with you!
The men in this poor farming community were seething. A 13-year-old girl was brought to a doctor’s office to have her clitoris removed, a surgery considered necessary here to preserve chastity and honor.
The girl died, but that was not the source of the outrage. After her death, the government shut down the clinic, and that got everyone stirred up.
“They will not stop us,” shouted Saad Yehia, a tea shop owner along the main street. “We support circumcision!” he shouted over and over.
“Even if the state doesn’t like it, we will circumcise the girls,” shouted Fahmy Ezzeddin Shaweesh, an elder in the village.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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