{"id":436515,"date":"2011-06-06T05:10:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T05:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/take-heart-my-libyan-sisters-there-is-light-at-end-of-the-tunnel\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T05:10:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T05:10:20","slug":"take-heart-my-libyan-sisters-there-is-light-at-end-of-the-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/take-heart-my-libyan-sisters-there-is-light-at-end-of-the-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Heart My Libyan Sisters, There is Light At End of the Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52.0021551724\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nafha Maani Ebrahimi<\/p>\n<p>5 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>opinion<\/p>\n<p>Among all the sad news we are bombarded with these days, one particular one resonated and echoed till I left my half-composed article for this week. There was no way I could write anything else after hearing once again the statistics of rape in recent months inflicted upon women in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>My memory backtracked a couple of years ago when I had the privilege to be among Libyan women in Tripoli. I was a guest, welcomed and taken care of, to the extent of being extremely spoiled and over pampered. At the end of my visit I had dozens of new sisters; some even shed tears when I was leaving. In our plastic world of today, where can one find such fond bonds made in such a short time?<\/p>\n<p>From the news I got, none of the ladies I shared my amazing experience with were among the unfortunate, but how many of their friends or neighbours fell victim? Who among the other sisters I met on roads and in market places are now grieving the loss of their honour? I wouldn&#8217;t know even if I tried! Rape is rape, but in those parts of the world, rape is murder. The ruthless aggressors know that their cruel acts are inflicted upon women, but in reality they were sending a message of fear to their men, one that would serve as a deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, some societies are remorseless when it comes to rape, even if women have unwillingly fallen victim to humans turned beasts. I mourn your loss my sisters, for in our world there are still environments that deem women inferior to men, where the birth of a girl is often associated with grave responsibility and fear of shame. On whose shoulder will you cry? With whom will you share your dilemma when you have to conceal your hurt, for fear of being banished for a crime you did not commit?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever is happening in the world today should make us pause and think; nothing happens without a reason, and if people and societies are standing against injustice, then we know that justice is for all. What is the point of communities where half of its citizens are silenced, who talk when asked to and move only when permitted?<\/p>\n<p>When will humanity admit that living in a turbulent world of today with all its challenges, takes both men and women to fully play their part, to be able to channel their qualities that are so different yet so complementing each other towards building new societies?<\/p>\n<p>Even our body is mostly based on the concept of pairs. What if someone decided to shoot his foot and walk with one, or blind an eye and pretend to see everything as clear? Truth of the matter is that half of humanity has been semi-functional so far, crippled by years of suppression. It now needs serious awakening; it is then that true justice will prevail and no pain will ever go in vain.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ms Ebrahimi is a social critic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106060121.html\" title=\"Take Heart My Libyan Sisters, There is Light At End of the Tunnel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Heart My Libyan Sisters, There is Light At End of the Tunnel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nafha Maani Ebrahimi 5 June 2011 opinion Among all the sad news we are bombarded with these days, one particular one resonated and echoed till I left my half-composed article for this week. There was no way I could write anything else after hearing once again the statistics of rape in recent months inflicted upon women in Libya. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Take Heart My Libyan Sisters, There is Light At End of the Tunnel - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/take-heart-my-libyan-sisters-there-is-light-at-end-of-the-tunnel\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Take Heart My Libyan Sisters, There is Light At End of the Tunnel - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nafha Maani Ebrahimi 5 June 2011 opinion Among all the sad news we are bombarded with these days, one particular one resonated and echoed till I left my half-composed article for this week. 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