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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/four-egyptian-women-two-veils-four-views-about-their-country--read-their-stories-in-their-own-words-8779757.html Four Egyptian women, two veils, four views about their country - read their stories in their own words The Cairo revolutions have spawned shocking tales of womens rights coming under attack. Melanie McDonagh hears their stories Published: 22 August 2013 Updated: 13:32, 22 August 2013 Four Egyptian women, four remarkably similar views about Egypt. Merna is a student, Hilda and Injy are graduates, and Yara is a teaching assistant at university in Cairo. They are in London for a week for a media training course with the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Theyve lived through the turbulence of the past few weeks and the instability of the past year of Muslim Brotherhood government. All are Muslim; two wear veils, two dont. None is a Muslim Brotherhood supporter. They are confident and articulate. These middle-class young women feel that the year of Brotherhood government was divisive for society, calamitous for the economy and bad for women. Three were abused for not wearing sufficiently Islamic dress during the past year and they attribute this not just to the Muslim Brotherhood, but to the collapse in law and order it presided over. None is opposed to the intervention of the army after the popular uprising against the government of President Morsi, though one felt it went too far. All of them are instinctively against international interference in Egypt, including sanctions something British ministers might reflect on. To a greater or lesser extent they feel the portrayal of events in Egypt in the international press is one-sidedly against the military, at odds with popular opinion. Their views do not always get reflected in the reports of foreign correspondents or pundits, but they are representative of an awful lot of Egyptian women. Here they are, in their words: *Yara Yousry* *Teaching assistant, 24* Before they came to power I read about the Muslim Brotherhood and what it stood for: previously members had been locked up. I found that every country where theyd had power was divided. I concluded that their main object is to divide and conquer. Egypt has never been divided before into Sunnis versus Shias, Muslims versus Christians. In fact, my husband got shot in the original demonstrations against the Mubarak government, so you might suppose Id be against the military, but once I read about the Brotherhood, I changed my perspective. I now think, though my husband doesnt, that he was probably shot by Hamas, acting to stir up the people. For the first time, in the past year, someone said to me: What youre wearing isnt a hijab. It was a woman in a hijab, in a club, who approached me all of a sudden. Ive worn a veil since I was 13, my mother and sister are not veiled. Its my decision its between me and my God. During the Muslim Brotherhoods time in government, security collapsed. On my mums street, two guys had a car accident and one shot the other that was the atmosphere. I dont want the Brotherhood back their supporters behaved in a rude, violent way. People who were against the Mubarak regime were saying we wish we had never left him. The Muslim Brotherhood are trying to portray themselves as victims in the foreign media, calling for international interference which wouldnt be acceptable to most Egyptians and al Jazeera is supporting them. Foreign journalists should be talking to the local media and local people, including people like my aunt and cousins who are in favour of Morsi coming back. But Egyptians are not divided between Christians and Muslims. The Muslim Brotherhood are not Egyptians as far as Im concerned. *Merna Tawfik* *Student, 22* I didnt want the Muslim Brotherhood taking power again. I thought we needed change neither President Mubarak nor Morsi. We never used to fight over politics in Egypt but they have mixed religion and politics. There were suddenly problems between Christians and Muslims whod lived together for years. Women had a hard time in the first year [of the Morsi government]. On the first day he took power a man came up to me and said: By the way, you have to wear the veil. What the hell do you care, I said. Its none of your business. And he said: Now that Morsi is in charge, you have to wear the veil even if its not your wish. For the past year, we felt it wasnt our country. I took part in the the demonstrations against the Mubarak regime and those against the Morsi government. I know people who voted for Morsi my father did but he was in the demonstrations against the Brotherhood too. He never thought theyd change the country like they did in one year. The people following them are being brainwashed theyre being told that if they dont support them, they will go to hell. Many of their supporters are actually Syrian. I was very angry with CNN and the BBC for saying the intervention of the military was a coup. It wasnt a coup. It was the military responding to our request. In our constitution if enough people express the wish for the president to go, he has to leave. I think al Jazeera should be banned in Egypt. Im for elections, but not with them. Im 100 per cent against the international community getting involved. If the Brotherhood gets back in, it will be worse for women: they want to make Egypt like Saudi Arabia. Well, in Egypt women are different. We have Christian and Jewish women too what are you going to do with them? We Egyptians have a very close bond between us. *Hilda Momen Herky* *Graduate, 21* I blame both the army and the Muslim Brotherhood for whats happened. In the presidential election I chose Morsi. I didnt want to support the old regime so I chose him for what he could offer us but I was disappointed. A year with a lot of catastrophes isnt acceptable; why should we accept it in Morsis case? I was for the governments removal but I was against the way it was done. It wasnt that I was against the army getting involved; it was just the way their actions resulted in violence and death. The armys role was to take the problems and find solutions but they didnt. They went too far. I wear a veil and no one bothered me when the Brotherhood was in government. But there was an increase in the harassment of women and not because of the Muslim Brotherhood itself. There was a collapse of law and order there wasnt even security and in that situation the extremists felt that they could do what they wanted. Egypt became a more lawless place. I cant say all members of the Muslim Brotherhood are bad I have friends who support it. Its the same with the military. I cant say theyre all pro-violence. The international media is very one-sided [against the military]. Theyre showing one side only: they should show both sides and give readers and viewers information so that they can decide for themselves. *Injy Mazhar El-Sheikh* *Graduate, 20* I was definitely in favour of the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood. Im against calling it a coup. It was more of a legal thing. According to the constitution, if we gathered enough petitions with enough support, the people are entitled to overthrow the government. But we couldnt give the petitions we collected to the courts because they were pro-Morsi. The only institution to support us was the military. They intervened to do what the people wanted. I tried to do what I could to support the protests against the government. I gathered signatures for the petition and I distributed them among my friends. I convinced my mum to sign. I tried to help as much as I could. The last year was horrible. We live in a quiet, respectable area. But I was harrassed as a woman for the first time. I got verbal abuse and I was horrified to find that these people actually touched me. My fault was that I was not wearing the veil these men were telling me that I am not a Muslim. They said, What youre doing is haram [forbidden]. It was really annoying. When I walked home on the street at night, theyd say to me: Youll see what youll get in the next couple of years. They want to transform us into Saudi Arabia. They dont want our Egypt; they want a different Egypt. Security collapsed under the Morsi government. My mums car got stolen; that never happened before. I dont want Morsis release. People used to say about Mubarak that he didnt know what was going on things were done by others around him but we still blamed him for his ignorance. So what about Morsi? We gave him one year and he made everything worse; how could we leave him in government? I hope for elections soon, with proper candidates. Last time it was disappointing. 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