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April 19, 2005

what does abou mahjoob say about women in Jordan?

April 19th 2005 Posted to

I had a very long discussion with my cousin and his wife about domestic violence and abuse in Jordan, they both work in fields that fight domestic violence. He ended up sending Emad Hajaj the link about women in jordan support being beaten by their husbands article which was featured in Alarabiya newspaper last week ….and count on Abou Mahjoob, our Mr. man, to have a say about this issue… sorry girls but this caricature is sadly funny! i specifically like the cigarette touch! and NO i dont support domestic abuse, and YES i love Emad Hajjaj's sarcastic, critical and very smart caricatures.

I would translate it, but it would lose the sense of humor( yeah there is humor even in this very bad topic) on the wall it is written that 87% support men beating their wives, then it says the survey is done by the family health organization…

what abou mahjoob is saying “um mahjoob you want democracy? this is democracy, after you have seen the survey, mop without a word, before i mop the floor with you!!!

http://www.mahjoob.com/en/archives/view.php?cartoonid=936v

if anyone is curious about what i am reading at the moment, i am still in my south America phase, i just finished an amazing book called in the time of the butterflies by Julia Alvarez… it is sweet, sad, and informative…i recommend it for those who dont know what to read next.

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April 10, 2005

60% of Jordanian women support being beaten by their husbands

April 10th 2005 Posted to

This is really interesting,

There is an article in Al Arabiya newspape says that 60% of Jordanian women support being beaten by their husbands. At first i was very outraged, thinking that this much be a flawed survey. Because if I apply this the people i know, i really dont know 60 women who want to be beaten…. But at a second thought i decided to look at this objectively… what if this true? wht if actualy 60% of Jordanian women think that it is ok to be beaten by their husbands? i believe that the coming generation will have a very low self esteem if they come out of mothers who believe that they should be beaten. and if this true, why do you think it is true?

http://www.alarabiya.net/Article.aspx?v=12005

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