tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post7937607198492043186..comments2023-10-24T08:47:01.972-05:00Comments on Democratizing the New Egypt: Labor Issues in Egypt seen through the lens of the revolutionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-70485224598061119362011-12-05T08:22:46.462-06:002011-12-05T08:22:46.462-06:00Well, I personally have not experienced problems, ...Well, I personally have not experienced problems, but darker skinned people definitely do. And when I am with them, I definitely experience problems. Like one time we were in a hotel and nobody would give us directions. Finally, we got directions from a Nubian brother. <br /><br />Thanks for writing in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-46106312390959120392011-11-23T12:33:11.323-06:002011-11-23T12:33:11.323-06:00As-Salaam-Alaikum, I pray that you are doing well ...As-Salaam-Alaikum, I pray that you are doing well and safe. I lived in Egypt from March 2009 up through Feb. 2011. I wanted to ask you if you've experienced any problems there. What I mean-if your husband, I'm not sure if he is a Black Kenyan, as I'm aware that Kenya has some whites and some Indians. I'm a Black American-dark skinned,so I experience-definitely experienced racism in Egypt, at times, it was way over the top. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed living there, but its a serious issue, its something that is routinely denied "oh, in Islam we don't have this." And as an American Muslim, I'd reply, "yeah, but the practice of the religion is only as perfect as the people in it-the religion has no racism, but there are sure some racist people who claim to be part of the religion." In the last days there-it got ridicolous. You know-the questions of-seeing my ID-which clearly says "born in the U.S."-as opposed to this ignorance, that the Black people in America just came over yesterday-versus the knowledge that the overwhelming and vast majority of Black people in America have been there 300-500 years-before the country was a country-before there were 13 colonies. Yet the impression is that you are just some immigrant who came to America, versus a descendant of the ones who built the country for free. I would get stopped at a checkpoint-show my passport copy-go 20 meters further to a man who just saw me show it to his colleague-only to be stopped again-it was absolutely insane in the end. Hopefully you and your husband have not had to endure those sort of problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-14494561745043655352011-06-12T11:09:31.103-05:002011-06-12T11:09:31.103-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.com