[QUOTE](CNN) -- Fatma Nabil made history Sunday as she became the first veiled woman to read the news on Egyptian state television.
She wore an off-white hijab, or headscarf.
Veiled news anchors were not permitted to appear on state TV under the rule of Hosni Mubarak -- a longtime strongman forced from office last year.
The ban was lifted by Salah Abdel-Maqsoud, Egypt's information minister and a member of the long-suppressed Muslim Brotherhood.
"Finally! The revolution has reached Maspero," said Nabil, according to the information ministry. She was referring to the headquarters of the state TV and broadcast building, which was the site of massive demonstrations during the uprising that toppled Mubarak.
Nabil was a former anchor on a Muslim Brotherhood channel.
The ban on veiled anchors was issued in 2002 by the then-information minister, Safwat El-Sherif. He was arrested shortly after the Mubarak regime fell, and faces corruption charges.
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Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/world/meast/egypt-veiled-tv-anchor/index.html?hpt=wo_bn8[/url]
we r all human bengs and haved ar deservd to live but we dudint an are all where vails
Another informative post by Brickier
[QUOTE=Brickierhead;37627980]we r all human bengs and haved ar deservd to live but we dudint an are all where vails[/QUOTE]
Suddenly memories of fps_THEPWNER are coming back to me.
I really don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Oh the one hand they now have the religious right to wear their veils on the air, but I hope the state network doesn't make it a standard practice for all women.
[QUOTE=Fangz;37630753]I really don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Oh the one hand they now have the religious right to wear their veils on the air, but I hope the state network doesn't make it a standard practice for all women.[/QUOTE]
there is no evidence that they will
[IMG]http://www.thenewstribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Fatma-Nabil-veiled.jpg[/IMG]
It's not even that bad. I don't know why but I almost expected
[IMG]https://uppitywoman08.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/3-veiled-women.jpg[/IMG]
More steps backward, shame how Egypt's revolution has been hijacked.
[QUOTE=AwpersAreBad;37631105]More steps backward, shame how Egypt's revolution has been hijacked.[/QUOTE]
Freedom of clothing is now one-step backwards, gotcha.
[QUOTE=AwpersAreBad;37631105]More steps backward, shame how Egypt's revolution has been hijacked.[/QUOTE]
Let them wear their veil. You have the freedom to choose your clothes even if your clothes happen to be a symbol of your subjugation to an oppressive patriarchal religion.
I see nothing wrong here, let them dress as they please.
[QUOTE=AwpersAreBad;37631105]More steps backward, shame how Egypt's revolution has been hijacked.[/QUOTE]
I guess forcing a ban on veils is better
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