Last week in Cairo, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was attacked while doing her job. I will not allow this space to become yet another outlet for the ugly speech about the “responsibility” Logan bears for the violence committed against her. Blaming the victim is wrong, and I suspect that if there were not an element of sexual assault in the attack, it would not be an issue.
I prefer to focus on the fact that the attack was stopped by Egyptian women, with the help of some Egyptian soldiers. There are at least some women in Egypt who now believe that they can stand up for themselves and for other women. There are at least some women in Egypt who now believe that they don’t have to take harassment from men just because they dared to leave their homes. There are at least some women in Egypt who now believe that they can be a force for their own good and for the good of all women in their own country.
The women who stopped the attack are heroes. Let’s hope that part of the story wasn’t an isolated incident. Let’s hope that part of the revolution continues.
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