An Angry Arab Woman Speaks - The World Would Do Well to Listen
by Layla AnwarArab Woman Blues
Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:56 EDT
I cannot sleep. My seething anger keeps my eyes wide open.
But you are sleeping safely in your home, holding your partner or your child and you know in all probability that you will awake tomorrow. And tomorrow, you will open your eyes, step into your bathroom and you will find running water. You will fix yourself a coffee and you will find electricity, you will open your kitchen cupboard and you will find food.
Then you will get dressed, and you have clothes for winter and if you catch the flu, you can always call up your doctor or run to a hospital. Hey, you can even take flowers to your beloved ones if they happen to fall ill, or just check to make sure that the surgery of Uncle Tom was successful. Oh yes, you can afford to do so.
Then you will get into your car, drive merrily or maybe not so merrily to your work place, or go shopping worrying about what to cook for your sweet family, or meet with your friends for a morning cup and rant neurotically about how miserable your life is.
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