Reply #167: i don't think you can claim she's got it wrong.....

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she's lives it, writes it, and researches it ....
that gives her in my mind more credibility than historians and us outsiders

We forget that before we can demand our rights from others, we must respect these rights amongst ourselves.

she's writes a lot about the occupation and its effects....but she also recognizes that not all aspects of Palestinians society can be blamed on the occupation, and she is clearly stating that.
(isn't the occupation about demanding rights from israel? the right for self-determination?)
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I suspect she is very aware of the women's rights problems in gaza since hamas took over, and is aware that it can in fact happen in the west bank. One of her collegees, Jamal Zakout, during an interview
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/27/world/la-fg-gaza-feminist-qa-20100627

Q: Can you be a feminist in Gaza today?
A: We try. Things in Gaza now are not like before, when there were some openings to express different ideas and to have more freedom. Hamas controls everything, and they know everything that is going on.
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no matter how much they may want the occupation to disappear and have their own state, i get the impression that its no longer so black and white for them. Oslo and gaza has shown that self-determination does not guarantee automatically a better society, it can lead to a worse one ....and it appears that it is a concern for them, and that should not be dismissed by outsiders.