I Knew I Hated Him As Only

Life Is Very Hard. The Only People Who Really Live Are Those Who Are Harder Than Life Itself.

You Cannot Have Dignity Or Social Justice Or Freedom Without Women.

I've Lived In Egypt Among Christians And Muslims, And We Never Had A Conflict. Now You Have A Conflict Between Christians And Muslims And Baha'is And Sunni And Shia.

Yet Not For A Single Moment Did I Have Any Doubts About My Own Integrity And Honour As A Woman. I Knew That My Profession Had Been Invented By Men, And That Men Were In Control Of Both Our Worlds, The One On Earth, And The One In Heaven. That Men Force Women To Sell Their Bodies At A Price, And That The Lowest Paid Body Is That Of A Wife. All Women Are Prostitutes Of One Kind Or Another.

Thus, After A Period Of About Two Thousand Years The Greatest Crime Became To Worship A God Other Than The God Of Moses, Whereas Injustice Became A Minor Sin. I Began To Ask Myself How This Change Had Come About. Was It Linked To A New Order In Which The Female Goddesses Had Been Replaced By One Male God?