tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post7619210877963148313..comments2023-12-28T05:06:13.053-05:00Comments on vagabondblogger: Weekend News Roundup - "Egypt really is a logic-free zone"vagabondbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335179461403449587noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-75455269844884045802007-08-20T07:02:00.000-04:002007-08-20T07:02:00.000-04:00Kaya: CNN had a news item on TV about a month or ...Kaya: CNN had a news item on TV about a month or so ago, about how the British authorities were looking out for Middle East / African families going to the UK in the summer, explicitly to obtain FGM surgery for their daughters. And even though they keep repeating the numbers (something like 90 percent of Egyptian women.... have had this surgery) it still sounds like an astonishing number to me.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, from what I've read, even though the government has taken a stance to make it illegal and harder to obtain, and the mullahs have come out against it, it will be hard to enforce.<BR/><BR/>I originally heard about it back in the States, when a doctor in Ohio was sued for performing the surgery on women who had not agreed to it.vagabondbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335179461403449587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-74530301295442037682007-08-20T06:52:00.000-04:002007-08-20T06:52:00.000-04:00I too read about the female circumcision thing and...I too read about the female circumcision thing and was very disgusted by the peple who practise it. Stupidly enough I did not even know such a thing existed untill about a couple of years ago, someone asked me about it and if it was done all muslim girls.<BR/>Needless to say I WAS SHOCKED and didnt believe the perwon. But apparently not only is it true, its being widely practised, in parts of the subcontinent as well.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/02352405997577905891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-50853949197330011652007-08-19T13:37:00.000-04:002007-08-19T13:37:00.000-04:00familiar stranger: That happens to be the second d...familiar stranger: That happens to be the second death I've heard of this summer. The other (about a month or so ago) was only about 11. <BR/><BR/>As for the logic - things are somewhat illogical here, but it all seems to work.vagabondbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335179461403449587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-90621667299875104042007-08-19T13:21:00.000-04:002007-08-19T13:21:00.000-04:00zerocool: I'm not exactly on the banks of the Nil...zerocool: I'm not exactly on the banks of the Nile, but the first article sums it up pretty well for me. <BR/><BR/>Let me add that, Number One Son says he thinks the no red lights, no stop signs, and the totally chaotic traffic, is an improvement over the gridlock of American structure. He says, "at least here, the traffic keeps moving."vagabondbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335179461403449587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-85532982926311115902007-08-19T09:16:00.000-04:002007-08-19T09:16:00.000-04:00How sad is it that females are still being circums...How sad is it that females are still being circumsized in Egypt?? I think I was so shocked & traumatized by your 2 pieces of news that I just couldnt concentrate on anything else you wrote.. <BR/><BR/>It is true - if you expect logic in Egypt - then you expect your intelligence to be insulted 200 times a day!!!<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082763096518447455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-81296921480240997932007-08-19T07:59:00.000-04:002007-08-19T07:59:00.000-04:00Wow vagabond haven't been to egypt since 98 .....t...Wow vagabond haven't been to egypt since 98 .....that new roundup is insane...I guess such is life along the banks of the nile...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-43710989399314529732007-08-18T12:40:00.000-04:002007-08-18T12:40:00.000-04:00I can only say, it comes from an Egyptian, and who...I can only say, it comes from an Egyptian, and who would know better?vagabondbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335179461403449587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237342543333567202.post-10946883376266384642007-08-18T12:34:00.000-04:002007-08-18T12:34:00.000-04:00Loved that first article...Loved that first article...Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/06455506176926199209noreply@blogger.com