Was there going to be a march in Cairo for International Women's Day? The question is ridiculous. Since November 2013 an anti-demonstration law has been issued and used against Egyptian citizens. The question of a march was therefore futile. Protesters were in prison for months on end before they received their sentences: all from one to five year sentences for protesting in the past year and a half.
Who's up for some women rights talk these days anyway? We’re fighting terrorism.
The excuses that deem the current moment unfit for dissent are endless. Yet those finding excuses are not only those propagating an endless stream of nationalist discourse across the country. There are those who see the moment as unfit for women's rights when none of us have any rights at all.
