Wednesday, February 13th, 2008...11:31 am
Anti-Segregation Rally
Last night I attended the Anti-Segregation Rally that was held at the head quarters of the Ù‹Women Cultural Social Society located in Khaldiya and I have to admit that when I got there at 5:45 I didn’t think that there were a lot of people there for a meeting that was going to start at 6! When I entered the room in which the meeting was being held, I was surprised to see that there weren’t many seats available and the room was full! The meeting started off well and just kept on getting better till the end! I liked everything that went on during the meeting except what occurred towards the end which was that the people were leaving the room and being some-what loud while there was a speaker talking. I found that quite ill-mannered. The people could have left in a quiet orderly manner and let the speaker say what she wanted to say. Anyways I’m not going to go into detail about what went on but I will post pictures but I will put up the video clips later on!
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The Crowd Sitting/Standing Inside
The Speakers’ Table and The Speakers
The Crowd Sitting/Standing Outside
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27 Comments
February 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
It was amazing
February 13th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
WOW, that sure’s a lot of people!
February 13th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Shopa : Sure was!
Nicole : I was impressed by number of people who showed up as well as the number of foreigners who were there!
February 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
It was truly wonderful. The speakers inspired and made us proud
February 13th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
It was great. Good to know this many people support the argument:)
February 13th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Ms. Baker : Here! Here!
Amethyst : I was proud to see them there!
February 13th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Looks like a good turn out! I hope this makes a difference and stops the idiocy! Thanks for the post!
February 13th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Marzouq : I hope so too!
February 13th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
is it on youtube?
I wanna know what nnora alghanim said!!
:D and it was fun finding my brother, my mom and her entourage !!
February 13th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
nQ : Welcome to my blog! As for the videos, I’m still working on them and they will be on YouTube inshallah! I don’t think I got Nora Al-Ghanim’s Speech though! I was kinda running around taking pics and stuff! Sorry!
February 13th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Okay.. pictures, great.. I dont mean to be rude but i wanna know more about what happened… did they come up with a plan? what are they gonna do about all this? i would’ve loved to come but i had other plans.. I’m just really worried about this segregation stuff.. and right now things look pretty bad for us
February 13th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Sheep : Welcome to my blog but couldn’t the plans be postponed to another time? We are all worried about this issue cause it will only make our beloved country deteriorate and turn into, God forbid, the land of religious ignorance! This meeting was only the first one and no plan was set! The plan will not be discussed till the other MPs come back to Kuwait from their missions abroad! Make sure you attend the next meet up which will be held next week on Tuesday the 19th in Rawdha at the Al-Ta7aluf Al-Watani Al-Dimoqrati’s HQ!
February 13th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
hello ,I was there and was thrilled to attend it with my yong son who persuaded me the whole week to go it was very inspiring every body talked in there own or aspect of concern as it efect every thing in our life ,and its only the bigining for those people so we have to talk to every body to attend these meetings as it realy motivated me,the pictures were taken earlier the attendance doubled by the end of the evening.CU on the 19th.
February 13th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
MarAah : Welcome to my blog! I’m glad your son was able to change your mind! As for the pic of the crowd, they were taken earlier like you said! Sometime between 6:15 and 6:45!
February 14th, 2008 at 1:09 am
It was beyond amazing!
fyi anti segregation II tuesday feb 19th the host: ilta7alof il wa6ani ildemu8ra6i in Al-Rotha-
3rd Ring Road- 6:00 to 8:00
February 14th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Oranjina Fadidra : Welcome to my blog and I agree with you! As for the next meeting I know about it!
February 14th, 2008 at 1:56 am
was there, pretty impressive, the contest that was shown was understanding and very logical, think they have a chance at this
February 14th, 2008 at 4:21 am
See you guys next Tuesday!!! We’re finally moving! Finally action!.. and it won’t stop at segregation! We’re taking Kuwait back from those who kidnapped it!
February 14th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Aziz : Welcome to my blog and I too think we have a chance as well!
Nasser : Welcome to my blog and this is only the first step to rescuing our beloved country from those who don’t want to do anything but fill their pockets and keep Kuwait in the dark ages!
February 14th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Mashallah A lot of ppl showed up! Lets Hope It Makes a Difference
February 14th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Rashisha : Welcome to my blog and I too hope that this effort as well as the many that will follow it would make a difference!
February 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Seeing this type of rally and the unity that it has promoted makes me very happy. I don’t believe in any form of segregation. With all the social/marital problems that Kuwait is currently facing, gender segregation will only make it worse: If segregated, how can any of us understand each other? Is it “immoral” to sit next to someone of another gender?
I further what Nasser said above, it is time that people stepped up and “take Kuwait back from those who kidnapped it!” Fundamentalist/archaic thinking is not what Kuwait is about.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Desert Girl : Welcome to my blog and I totally agree with you! I too am against all forms of segregation and I hope to see the day where Kuwait becomes a “free” country!
February 14th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
it was great!!
double the amount of ppl were outside as well!
inshala the next one ele bil ta7alof itkon even bigger 3ashan they get the msg !
and when u post up the videos.. tell us plz ! i only saw lolwa il gi6amy so far and she was AMAAZZIINNGGG;P khif 6eenat’ha bs;p
February 14th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Um-Mit3ib : Welcome to my blog and I hope to see a bigger crowd at the next meet up even thought the place is much smaller! As for the videos, I posted the play list earlier today! You should be able to check all the videos from that one embedded player!
February 19th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Funny it seems the US is on the same path, read the story. Sparks Fly Over Single Gender Education in Georgia. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=4306768&page=1
February 19th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Hellraiser : Isn’t that a public school in Georgia? If so then it’s ok! Public schools in Kuwait are segregated anyways! The private sector schools are the ones we are worried about!
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