This is a drawing was done by a friend of mine in a moment of rage, i's about the status of women in the Arab societies, or in any patriarcla societies... I loved it and I think it's very expressive.
The drawing depicts a melting extinguished candle that looks like a woman with her hands tied to her back... She said that it still needs some modifications, but I loved it this way and insisted on taking it to blog it just as it is...
Saturday, June 17, 2006
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On June, 17, 2006 3:15 AM , Ola
from Jordan
said:
from Jordan
said:It says:
لبست الخاتم بإيدي و إيدي حيل حزنانة
Looks like it´s a line from a song or something, you know it represents women who are forcibly married...
On June, 17, 2006 10:36 AM , thecaller
from Egypt
said:
from Egypt
said:asalam 3alaykom,thank you ola for sharing that,and thanks to your friend too,so expressive..
at first i had the feeling that this ain't about arabic women only ..this is about arabs in general..but when you explaned that it's about forced women to get married,i thought that these matters may happen rarely ..it's painfull..i don't really imagene suffering living daily with someone you hate..torture!!
On June, 17, 2006 1:20 PM , Dar
from Jordan
said:
from Jordan
said:Are you girls 3anjad suffering la hal darajeh !!!!!!!
CheeerZ!
On June, 17, 2006 1:30 PM , Rana
from Jordan
said:
from Jordan
said:Sorry Ola i am going to answer Dar now :D
Yes many woman do suffer Dar in our country and so many, not about marriage thing it all comes in ne backage
Abuse, unappreciated,disrespect, being treated like a maid.
some girls wld marry ina young age to older men.
what do you think she wld feel?
there are so many aspects in this issue.
Ola, i loved the drawing , represents so many girls in our society!
On June, 17, 2006 2:25 PM , Ola
from Jordan
said:
from Jordan
said:thecaller, Rana: Thanks for your comment, glad you liked it :)
Dar: Many girls do!
On June, 17, 2006 7:40 PM , Nana
from Lebanon
said:
from Lebanon
said:This specific issue gets on my last nerve knowing that we still have women suffering, abused and treated like maids as Rana said.
This matter means a lot to me, that's why I searched a while ago and found out that it's not only about arab girls, it doesn't only happen in our society.
Women are subjected to domestic voilence and abuse all around the world.
According to statistics:
Every 9 seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted and beaten, 4,000,000 women a year are assaulted by their partners,Every day, 4 women are murdered by boyfriends or husbands, etc..etc..
On June, 18, 2006 3:15 PM , Ola
from Jordan
said:
from Jordan
said:You are right Nana, what makes it even worse in many societies including our own is that abused women won't say a word... they prefer remaining silent over facing the social stigma of divorce or the other possible repercussions
On June, 18, 2006 10:51 PM , Nana
from Lebanon
said:
from Lebanon
said:Women remain silent for many reasons.
Besides, there's something called Cycle of Voilence. I've never heard about such a thing b4 making this search.
Anyway, u can read more about this <A HREF="http://www.mahjoob.com/en/forums/showthread.php?t=167969">here</A>;.
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from Saudi Arabia
nice drawing :)
but can i ask what is written in arabic...I can`t read it