It may at present be only a whisper. But it could get louder and louder. It is the voice of Islamic women in the Middle East protesting their longtime political and economic second-class status. It is a voice of indignation from women who have long been suppressed in traditionally male- dominated societies.
In recent days it has been heard in Egypt where women were fighting back against harassment from supporters of the ruling party.
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