Azza Kamel, a women’s rights advocate in Egypt, said the popular uprisings in her country and its neighbors are creating new opportunities for women.
“There was no difference between women who were veiled or not veiled,” Kamel said at the United Nations in New York, referring to the protests that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule last month. “The revolution created a land as free for women as for men.”
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Azza Kamel, a women’s rights advocate in Egypt, said the popular uprisings in her country and its neighbors are creating new opportunities for women.
“There was no difference between women who were veiled or not veiled,” Kamel said at the United Nations in New York, referring to the protests that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule last month. “The revolution created a land as free for women as for men.”
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