Re: Iraqi Women Out of the Picture

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, its a bit late to complain. But as some on the left would say, at
least they got rid of the tyrant.

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> *****   Iraqi Women Out of the Picture
> Prominence in Public Life Disappears in Postwar Fear
> By Carol Morello
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Saturday, May 17, 2003; Page A01
>
> ...The absence of women in public view is striking in a country where
> women have for decades held professional jobs and lived with a measure
> of independence unusual in Arab countries, fostered by the Baath Party
> philosophy of modern Arab nationalism.
>
> Since the war, women have been missing from the markets, where men now
> shop for food. Nor can women be seen in the long lines that begin
> forming overnight at gas stations. Most significantly, an interim
> government and scores of political parties are being formed with little
> to no input from women.