Amal Shareef...a heroine of Egypt...

[cynatnite]

She is 36-years-old, a teacher, and a single mother.



She is a major oganizer of these protests.

There is a report by Richard Engel about her on NBC Nightly News' site.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news/#41377978

Scroll down a bit and you'll read "Led by 'Hope' protestors reject Mubarak concessions"

They show her after the 2 minute mark of the report. She is a modest speaking woman and shows a great deal of class.

on edit: Her name is 'hope' in Arabic.

[cynatnite]

1. kicking for this unsung heroine. n/t

[WhiteTara]

2. and again

:kick:

[riverwalker]

3. tha face of courage n/t

[WCGreen]

4. Kick

[snagglepuss]

5. A slap in the face to Islamists and its dimwitted gang of suicide bombers.

They can't be too happy that an uncovered woman took the lead and has suceeded ending a hated regime. Kudos to this brave heart.


:applause:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. Hear! Hear!

Proof that we don't have to compromise with one group of thugs to be rid of another!

[cynatnite]

8. Well said! n/t

[riverwalker]

7. another heroine: Asmaa Mahfouz (seems the leaders are all women!!)

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html

Egypt: The viral blog of Asmaa Mahfouz that helped spark an uprising

Video Link. 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz of Egypt recorded this video on January 18th, uploaded it to YouTube, and shared it on her Facebook. Within days, the video went viral within Egypt and beyond.

"Whoever says women shouldn't go to the protests because they will get beaten, let him have some honor and manhood and come with me on January 25th" she says in the video, "They don't even have to go to Tahrir Square, just go anywhere and say it: that we are free human beings."

The video is popularly credited with helping inspire fellow Egyptians by the thousands to participate in protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square, calling for an end of the 30-year authoritarian rule of Hosni Mubarak. The video is also credited with helping to inspire the Egyptian government to block Facebook. Whether it's accurate to credit this one video, and this one young woman, with all of that, I'll leave to activists in Egypt who know the history better than I. But at the very least, her powerful video captures the spirit of an important moment in history.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Kick!

[AnnieBW]

10. A true daughter of Hatshepsut!

Hatshepsut, the famous woman Pharoah, led her armies herself. Her blood runs in the veins of all of these courageous women.

[fishwax]

11. k/r

and bookmarking to watch the video later ...

[cynatnite]

12. kicking one more time. n/t

[defendandprotect]

13. k/r

[riderinthestorm]

14. K & R. Thanks for posting this. nt

[myrna minx]

15. K&R n/t