Egypt's veiled presenter in breakthrough TV appearance

but (as a woman) I don't find this a step forward for equality. I understand it is a choice, but I have a feeling that soon it will become a 'choice' in the same way that wearing a headscarf was a choice under Mubarak - only reversed.

Then, if a woman chose to wear a headscarf, she was not allowed in front of the camera. It will not surprise me at all if pretty soon women who choose not to wear the headscarf are not allowed in front of the camera.

Creeping, government-sanctioned religiosity rarely works to the advantage of women.

The key is that they at least have the possibility in the future to step forward some more. But we'll see if it happens.

That was a well reasoned and sincere post, completely absent of the coy bigotry people love to post in these threads. The revolution is empowering the masses, but with that the conservatives are empowered as well. I hope to see a secular democracy, but that will take time. Reversing the revolution and putting the cronies and generals back charge will only push that day further away.