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Toni Morrison writes about the lashing of women in Sudan
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/09...ipping-in-sudan.html
Dignity and Depravity You shouted. You fell. But you kept rising. by Toni Morrison | September 18, 2011 10:0 AM EDT To a Sudanese Woman:
Some months ago, I watched a video of punishment meted out to youโa lawfully mandated public whipping that I understand is not uncommon in your country. I have seen many instances of human brutality, but this one was particularly harrowing.
In the midst of my revulsion, certain thoughts surfaced.
I have been wondering how much courage it takes to lash a woman. (Even guillotine executioners had the decency to mask their faces to hide their shame as they cut off #########.) Perhaps the man who whipped you took pride in his expertise: in never missing, always connecting his whip with your flesh. How satisfying it must have been to maul a helpless, weaponless female. How empowering, how masculine. Watching those onlooking men laughing at the spectacle of your humiliation distressed me as much as watching the executioner. I understand that historically the control of womenโnot only their movements, their speech, but especially their uteri, their ova, their fetusesโis one of the major foundations of sovereign nations. And although certain modern nations are slowly abandoning that ancient requirement, some, like yours, as well as Saudi Arabia and others, cling to male guardian laws as a singular characteristic of power. For them an ovum is a matter of state; sperm is not. The raped is responsible for her assault; the rapist is not.
How afraid such regimes must be, how puerile their claims of power.
I donโt know, or care to know, what โlawโ you broke. What I do know is that the infractions of which women like you are guilty pertain to their being untethered. And in regimes such as yoursโwhether chaotic or silently oppressiveโthe unleashed are lashed: for being alone in public, for mingling with unrelated males, for owning a cellphone, for driving a car, for wearing trousers. The helpless are punished for bearing the child of a rapist employer. And age does not matter. Children of 11 and women of 75 have all been jailed and bloodied for contesting, forgetting, or ignoring incomprehensible, even silly, rules.
Nevertheless, the abused-animal life so many women are required to live is being challenged. The lasting response I had watching that video is the most important. You did not crouch or kneel or assume a fetal position. You shouted. You fell. But you kept rising. After each cut of the lash into your flesh, you tried to stand; you raised your body up like a counter-whip. It so moved me to see your reactions; I interpreted them as glimmers of hope, of principled defiance.
Each cut tearing your back hurts women all over the world. Each scar you bear is ours as well. I have no advice for you and would not presume to offer any, but like thousands of women everywhere I will not give in to sorrow or retreat into despair. Women are speaking out, saying aloud what you are forbidden to say at all, doing in public what you are not ever permitted to do. They are gathering together, demanding that your efforts to rise up in the face of brutality are not in vain.
Sincerely,
Toni Morrison
Morrison, a Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer-prize winning author, is a board member of Advancing Human Rights.
September 18, 2011 10:0am
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Re: Toni Morrison writes about the lashing of women in Sudan (Re: nada ali)
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Dear Abdelrahman Ibrahim Ahmed, You said it all! Thank you. -- Morrison powerfully captured the spirit of resistance in the flogged woman and refused to view her as a mere victim
QUOTE ""When someone with the stature of Toni Morrison writes about such an issue, the world should listen and the thugs should examine and reconsider their humanity" UNQUOTE
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ุฉ ูุงูุณูุงูุฉ
ุงูุชู ุชุตูุญูู. ุชูุญููู. ููู ุชุณุชู
ุฑูู ูู ุงูุชุณุงู
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ุฑุฃุฉ ุณูุฏุงููุฉ :
ูุจู ุจุถุนุฉ ุฃุดูุฑุ ุดุงูุฏุช ุดุฑูุท ููุฏูู ูุนููุจุฉ ูููุงู ุจูุง ุนููู ุงุญุฏ ุจุชูููู ูุงูููู ุนุงู
ููุฌูุฏ ุงููู
ุงู ุฐูู ู
ุงูููุง ูู ุจูุงุฏู. ููุฏ ุฑุฃูุช ุงูุนุฏูุฏ ู
ู ุญุงูุงุช ูุญุดูุฉ ุงูุฅูุณุงู ุ ูููู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุฑุฉ ูุงูุช ู
ุฑูุนุฉ ุจุดูู ุฎุงุต.
ูู ุฎุถู
ุงุดู
ุฆุฒุงุฒู ุ ููุฒุช ุงูู ุฐููู ุฃููุงุฑ ู
ุนููุฉ.
ููุฏ ููุช ุฃุชุณุงุกู ูู
ููุฒู
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ู ุงูุดุฌุงุนุฉ ูุถุฑุจ ุงู
ุฑุฃุฉ. ( ูุญุชู ู
ููุฐู ุงูู
ูุงุตู ูุฏููู
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ู ุงูุชูุฐูุจ ู
ุง ูุญู
ููู
ุนูู ุชุบุทูุฉ ูุฌูููู
ูุฅุฎูุงุก ุนุงุฑูู
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ููุทุนูู ุงูุฑุคูุณ) ููุนู ุงูุฑุฌู ุงูุฐู ูุงู ูุฌูุฏู ูุงู ูุนุชุฒ ุจุฎุจุฑุชู : ูู
ุงู ูุง ูุฎุทุฆู ุ ู
ุงุณุง ุฏุงุฆู
ุง ุณูุทู ุจุฌุณู
ู. ุชุฑู ูู
ูุงู ู
ุฑุถูุง ุถุฑุจ ุงูุซู ุนุฒูุงุก ูุงูุฏุฉ ุงูุญููุฉ ุููู
ูู ู
ููู ููุคูุงุก ุงูุฑุฌุงู ููู
ูุดุงูุฏูู ููุถุญููู ุนูู ุฑูุนุฉ ู
ุดูุฏ ุงุฐูุงููุ ุดุนุฑุช ุจุงูุฃุณู ูุงูุง ุงุฑุงูุจ ุฐูู
ุงูุฌูุงุฏ . ูุฃูุง ุฃููู
ุชุงุฑูุฎูุง ุงู ุงูุณูุทุฑุฉ ุนูู ุงููุณุงุก ุ ููุณ ููุท ูู ุชุญุฑูุงุชูู ุ ููุงู
ูู ุ ูููู ุงูุฑุญู
ุุงูุจููุถุงุช ูุงูุฃุฌูุฉ ูุงุญุฏุฉ ู
ู ุฏุนุงุฆู
ุณูุงุฏุฉ ุงูุงู
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. ูุนูู ุงูุฑุบู
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ู ุงู ุจุนุถ ุงูุฏูู ุงูุญุฏูุซุฉ ูุฏ ุชุฎูุช ุจุจุทุก ุนู ูุฐู
ุงูู
ุชุทูุจุงุช ุงููุฏูู
ุฉ ุ ููู ุจุนุถูุง ู
ุซู ุงู
ุชูุ ุ ููุฐูู ุงูู
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ููุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ ุงูุณุนูุฏูุฉ ูุบูุฑูุง ุ ุชุชุดุจุซ ุจููุงููู ููู ุงูุฃู
ุฑ ุจูุตููุง ุงุญุฏู ุณู
ุงุช ุงูุณูุทุฉ ุ ูุงูุจููุถุฉ ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ููู
ุดุงู ุฏููุฉ ุ ูุงูุญููุงูุงุช ุงูู
ูููุฉ ููุณุช ูุฐูู.
ูุงูู
ุบุชุตุจุฉ ูู ุงูู
ุณุคููุฉ ุนู ุงูุงุนุชุฏุงุก ุนูููุง ุ ูููุณ ุงูู
ุบุชุตุจ.
ูุงูุฎูู ุชูู ุงูุงูุธู
ุฉ ููุง ูุตุจูุงููุฉ ุชุดุจุซูุง ุจุงูุณูุทุฉ.
ุฃูุง ูุง ุฃุนุฑู ุ ููุง ุงูุชู
ูุงู ุงุนุฑู ุงู"ูุงููู" ุฎุฑูุช. ููู ู
ุง ุฃุนุฑูู ูู ุฃู ู
ุฎุงููุงุช ุงููุณุงุก ุงูุชู ู
ู ุงุฌููุง ุชุนุชุจุฑ ุงููุณุงุก ู
ู ุงู
ุซุงูู ู
ุฐูุจุงุช ูุนูุฏ ุงูู ููููู ุบูุฑ ู
ูุจูุงุช. ููู ุงูุธู
ุฉ ู
ุซู ูุธุงู
ู ุ ุณูุงุก ูุงูุช ููุถููุฉ ุฃู
ูุงู
ุนุฉ ุจุตู
ุช ุ ูุงูู
ูุนุชูุงุช ููุชูุฏู ูููููู : ูู ููุญุฏูู ูู ู
ูุงู ุนุงู
ุ ุงู ุงุฎุชูุทู ู
ุน ุงูุฐููุฑ ูุง ุนูุงูุฉ ููู
ุจูู ุ ูุงู
ุชูุงู ุงููุงุชู ุงูู
ุญู
ูู ุ ูููุงุฏุฉ ุงูุณูุงุฑุฉ ุ ูุงุฑุชุฏุงุก ุงูุจูุทููู. ุชุนุงูุจ ูุงูุฏุงุช ุงูุญููุฉ ุนูู ุญู
ู ุทูู ุตุงุญุจ
ุงูุนู
ู ุงูู
ุบุชุตุจ. ูุงูุนู
ุฑ ูุง ููู
. ุงูุฃุทูุงู ุจูู 11 ุงููุณุงุก ูู ุณู ุงู 75 ุฌู
ูุนุง ุณุฌู ููุทุฎู ุจุงูุฏู
ุงุกุ ู
ุชูุงุณูู ุฃู ู
ุชุฌุงูููู ููุงุนุฏ ุบูุฑ ู
ูููู
ุฉ ุ ุจู ุญุชู ุณุฎููุฉ.
ูู
ุน ุฐูู ุ ูุงู ุญูุงุฉ ุงูุญููุงู ุงูู
ูุชููุฉ ุงูุชู ุชุทุงูุจ ุงูุนุฏูุฏ ู
ู ุงููุณุงุก ุงู ูุนุดููุง ูุฏ ุชู
ุชุญุฏููุง. ุงูุงุณุชุฌุงุจุฉ ุงููุง ููุงุฆูุฉ ุงูุชู ุงูุชุงุจุชูู ูุงูุง ุงุดุงูุฏ ุฐูู ุงูููุฏูู ูุงูุช ูู ุงูุงูู
. ูุฃูุช ูู
ุชูุญูู ุฃู ุชุฑูุนู ุฃู ุงุชุฎุฐุชู ูุถุน ุงูุฌููู.
ููุฏ ุตุญุช. ุงูุญููุชู. ููู ุงุณุชู
ุฑูุชู ูู ุงูุชุณุงู
ูุ ุจุนุฏ ูู ูุทุนุฉ ููุณูุท ู
ู ุฌุณู
ู ุุญุงููุชู ุงููููู ุฑูุนุช ุฌุณู
ู ุงูู ุงูุงุนูู ูุณูุท ู
ุถุงุฏ ุ ููุฏ ุญุฑู ุฐูู ุงูู
ุดูุฏ ู
ุดุงุนุฑู ุฃู ุฃุฑู ุฑุฏูุฏ ูุนูู ุ ูุณุฑุชูุง ุจุฃููุง ุจุตูุต
ู
ู ุงูุฃู
ู ุ ู
ู ุงูุชุญุฏู ุงูู
ุจุฏุฆู.
ูู ูุทุนุฉ ุชู
ุฒูู ูุธูุฑู ุชุคุฐู ุงููุณุงุก ูู ุฌู
ูุน ุฃูุญุงุก ุงูุนุงูู
. ูู ูุฏุจุฉ ุงุญุชู
ูุชููุง ูุงูุช ููุง ูุญู ุงูุถุง. ููุณ ูุฏู ูุตูุญุฉ ูู ููู ุฃูุชุฑุถ ุฃู ุงุชูุฏู
ุจุงู ูุตูุญุฉ ูู ุ ูููู ู
ุซู ุงูุขูุงู ู
ู ุงููุณุงุก ูู ูู ู
ูุงู ูุฃูุง ูู ุงุณุชุณูู
ููุญุฒู ุฃู ุงุชุฑุงุฌุน ูููุฃุณ. ุงููุณุงุก ูุชุญุฏุซู ุนูู ุงูู
ูุฃ ุ ูุงุฆูุงุช ุจุตูุช ุนุงู ู
ุง ุชู
ูุนูู ุฃู ุชูุนููู ุ ููุนูู ุนูู ุงูู
ูุฃ ู
ุง ูุง ูุณู
ุญ ูู ุนูู ุงูุฅุทูุงู ุงูููุงู
ุจู. ููู ุชุฌู
ุนู ุ ูุทุงูุจู ุจุฃู ู
ุง ุชุจุฐูููู ู
ู ุฌููุฏ ูููููุถ ูู ูุฌู
ุงููุญุดูุฉ ููุณุช ุนุจุซุง.
ุจุตุฏู ุ
ุชููู ู
ูุฑูุณูู
ู
ูุฑูุณูู ุ ุงูุญุงุฆุฒุฉ ุนูู ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ููุจู ูุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ุจูููุชุฒุฑุ ูุงูุญุงุฆุฒุฉ ุนูู ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ุงููุงุชุจ ุ ููู ุนุถู ู
ุฌูุณ ุงููููุถ ุจุญููู ุงูุฅูุณุงู.
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ุจุฑ 2011
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