-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Egypt casts Lewinsky in female emancipation role By Myranda Mowafi in Cairo UK Telegraph 3/28/00 Muslim divorce [includes links] - Divorce Info EGYPTIAN playwrights are having their say about the emancipation of women by exploiting the country's fascination with President Clinton's sexual involvement with Monica Lewinsky. The country's top film stars are appearing in Ahmed El Ebiary's My Wife, Monica and I, at the Qasr El-Nil theatre in Cairo. A rival production by Feisal Nedaa, Kimo and the Blue Dress, had its original title changed after censors threw out plans to name it The President and Monica. The main characters in both productions are called Monica and they both travel from America to wreak havoc in the lives of two men, although any likeness to the original saga is formally denied by the playwrights, who claim to be using the scandal in the title simply for publicity purposes. Nedaa says that his production aims to persuade people to change their attitudes towards the relationship between men and women, by questioning rules which allow Muslim men to take more than one wife. The plays have opened against a backdrop of intense media scrutiny of the role of women in society since they were given the right to file for divorce this month. Egyptians are also fascinated by a soap opera, called Men of the World Unite, which tells of a house-husband whose wife works while he stays at home with the children. All across the country, people are debating issues raised by the humorous story which also had an elderly woman involved with a "toy boy". A related controversy flared recently when a Jordanian poet, Zulaikha Abu Risha, spoke out against Islamic inheritance laws, which allocate twice as much to men as to women. She claimed that many women had become head of a household and argued that the law should be changed to reflect that fact. The American Embassy in Cairo said it was not worried by the theatrical exploitation of the Lewinsky scandal. David Ballard, the embassy spokesman, said: "Freedom of expression is something our government has always upheld and believed in." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
