لا أسمع.. لا أرى.. لا أتكلم
عندما اخرج حرس المجلس النساء من القاعة وضعت السيدة لولوة القطامي يديها على اذنيها واغمضت عينيها على طريقة لا أرى لا أسمع – لا أتكلم رداً على قرار المجلس بإخراج النساء من قاعة المجلس
Kinda reminds you of Rosa Parks doesn’t it? The Black women that sparked the revolution. And now our very oun Lulwa Al-Qatami, first female activist in Kuwait, does the same. The Blue Revolution has started and hopefully will end with a glorious victory.
March 8th, 2005 at 7:24 am
You would love this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4325207.stm
March 8th, 2005 at 8:25 am
haha! yes i do! thats my mamma!
but i already saw it and i posted other links too to other news websites that had articles of the rally on my post yesterday..
but thx for ur observation ;p
March 8th, 2005 at 3:21 pm
I first met loluwa Alqutami when I was a teenager; she came to our school to give a speech. Ever since that day she never seized to impress me, Monday she mounted the flower bed and at the top of her voice she demanded to attend the session, I tried to take some pictures of her while she was at it, but couldn’t because of the crowd and the banners. This women is now old, and look at her, she never gives up, she does not need money or fame or anything, she has it all, and you’d think that a woman like her would just retire and stay home, especially after years of disappointments.
She is a true fighter, wi allah yekather min amthalha, I love that lady with all my heart. God bless her wi itawil ib3omorha
And happy birthday to you sweetheart ( according to JB’s comment on my blog) and a mom like that in the picture has to have a kid like you, alla yekhaleekom 7aq ba3ath
Did you know that today March the 8th is the international Women’s day?
Ok, now you have 2 reasons to celebrate, just keep some cake for me
March 8th, 2005 at 11:20 pm
wow.. i always used to hear her name and everything but i never really knew anything about her until a few days ago.. walla its amazing what college does to you, once u leave highschool, u stop caring about yourself (a little bit ;p) and stsrt thinking about the world.. and thanks to this guy i know here, VERY ACTIVE POLITICAL KUWAITI, i know a lot more than i used to know about my government.. im gonna ask him about lulwa next.. allah i6awil ib 3omurha..
as for my birthday.. hehe.. thx! but no cake! i always hated making a fuss about my birthday.. not cuz im getting OLDER but because so what, just a bithday.. ashwa this year there was something else to focus on.. even i was soooo focused and anxious for wednesday that i forgot about it on monday until someone sent me a birthday msg on the phone!
ive told my mom about all ur comments and im sure she’ll read them soon.. she’s really grateful oo allah y5aleeli iyaha..
thx AyyA! caio ;P
March 9th, 2005 at 5:42 am
Man, what the hell?
How does she expect to be listened to if she’s sitting like a slob, in a place which demands formality?
Truly, why complain that Man never listens to Woman when this example of one is proving to be childish? Don’t misunderstand me, but had those women who were allowed in acted civil (exctatic or not), embarrassed the rest of us, and made us look like fools, who’d listen to them at all?
I dislike her, however, I respect some of her assumed actions and assumed activites.
March 9th, 2005 at 6:40 am
Afnan, have you heard of Rosa Parks?? Was she acting childish by sitting like a slob??
I have nothing but total respect for what she did!
March 9th, 2005 at 7:12 am
same here..
fee 5eir a7ad yig3ad after the guards tell you to leave.. and also to have the guts to MOCK them.. ayaya..
slob is a strong word afnan, she is the FIRST activist.. o madri min mita she’s been waiting for this time.. if things go the way we plan, we owe a whole lot of gratitude to this woman.
March 9th, 2005 at 8:48 am
snookie, sorry off subject…..but did u tell my bro to call me? Can u tell him to drop me a mail at kuwaitism@gmail.com?
merci awi!
March 9th, 2005 at 8:53 am
sure thing.. i’ll tell him.. il mushkilla, this week he’s got alot of meetings fa i see him online maybe 10 minutes oo his sleeping pattern changed.. used to be like mine for while.. until this week.. i’ll email him.. if i dont reach him in time..
March 9th, 2005 at 9:27 am
Yes, Q, I am in fact, aware of who Rosa Parks is. Thanks for trying to insult my intelligence, though. I expect logical fallacies must be fun to use, now that you find someone who disagrees with informal idiocys such as what was done on Monday.
Being in a place which centers about, and claims democracy and then sitting like that is pretty ironic, especially when you’re trying to say that you belong in it. Disrespecting its laws does not make her special. She is not the only, and certainly not last feminist in Kuwait. I owe her nothing, if her message centers about closing her eyes, mouth, and ears if she comes in contact with an obstacle.
Furthermore, had those embarrassing ambassadors (the women who were allowed in) abided by the simple rule set forth by the memebers of the council which is not to applaude or interrupt, none of this would have happened.
March 9th, 2005 at 11:19 pm
Again !
http://www.elaph.com/Politics/2005/3/46614.htm
March 10th, 2005 at 2:40 am
“walaa bud ‘ana na’khuthu 7aqana ‘AL’AAN”
yes there will be another demonstration on monday.. wash ur blue clothes and be ther! ;p
thx for the article, whoever you are
March 10th, 2005 at 8:35 am
Afnan
Do you think that this MP that started shouting at the beginning of the session (either Brak or Al-Khinna) respected his own position in the parliament when he disrespected the place, the head of the parliament and the head of the government when he pointed and shouted as if he was losing in kote bo sita?
And did you notice other MP’s moving their chairs and having side chit chats (some voiced were even audiable) while Al-Saqer and Alse3doon were having their speechs?
If you are convinced that because of what happened Monday you don’t think women are worthy of their rights, then I have nothing to add.
Like you I was annoyed by the second applause at the beginning, but as I cooled down I realized that they had every right to do that, they could not contain their excitement by listening to Al-Saqer’s rightful words. The members did not have the right to stop any applause in the first place, if you were in the 1999 session and have seen the mass of Islamist audience repeatedly applauding their MP’s, you would have felt some relief to the natural reaction of the audience.
Our problem dear is that we are trying to act civilized with the ones who are treating us like herds.
March 17th, 2005 at 5:42 pm
AyyA,
You’ve built that lovely analysis based on an assumption; suffice to say, you’re painfully wrong. You know what they say, when you assume, you make an ass out of you, and me.
For the millionth time, I am not against women’s rights. I am pro-rights, since, lo and behold, I am a Kuwaiti woman.
Do not do something so stupid like twist up my sickeningly clear words and turn them against me simply because I disapproved of the idiocy which happened last Monday.
Furthermore, what happened that day wen beyond simple misconduct. I’m sure you’ve seen the infamous (if you’re in Kuwait, anyway), of a woman condemning the Shyookh, and then stepping on her Kuwaiti, civil ID.
Maskhara.
What happened was shameful, and if you can’t come in terms with the fact that we are not all perfect, then I cannot help you.
You might as well drown in your dellusions, of perfection, and ‘if the men were acting like idiots, we can too’, since that attitude doesn’t help anyone.