We joined the Code Pink biweekly march on Golden Gate Bridge today. Code Pink is a feminist anti war organization that actively protests our government's continual wars and the killing of civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan often by unmanned aerial vehicles or drones flown by young airmen out of Creech AFB in Nevada, thousands of miles from the actual scene of the killings.
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| Roberta being interviewed by a Channel 2 reporter |
Today was different, today the gathering was a celebration of the nonviolent overthrow of the Mubarak regime by the Egyptian people. It was a celebration of the power for the human spirit for freedom and the manifestation that collectively people have the power to bring about change of such magnitude.
TV reporters looked for people to interview and I suggested Roberta, who is always articulate and passionate about issues of social justice. She gave a great interview.
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| Roberta and her new Egyptian friend, Mawra |
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While we were marching to join the Code Pink group from Marin in the middle of the bridge, Roberta passed a young couple who were smiling at the passing celebrants. Roberta asked if they were from Egypt. They had delayed a long planned business trip to the US until Mubarak stepped down. They had been going to Tahrir Square every day since the beginning of the mass protests. They were disappointed not to be in Cairo for the victory celebration there, but were delighted to join the celebration on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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| Mawra, Ahmed and Omar ( the face of the future of Egypt ) |
Ahmed and Mawra are both engineers in Cairo. They are in the US on a business trip and will be here for ten days. It was our good fortune to meet them and their young son, Omar, today. Both Ahmed and Mawra, of course, were interviewed by reporters from the local TV stations and they talked about how the future for their son will now be much brighter with the fall of Mubarak.
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