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In reply to the discussion: I find it very interesting that people with first world problems [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)A Tunisian member of radical feminist group Femen, who disappeared after receiving death threats for posing topless online, is home with her family.
Lawyer and women's right activist Bouchra Bel Haj Hmida delivered the news that the 19-year-old activist, known only as Amina, is safe.
Hmida also denied rumours that Amina was taken by her parents to a psychiatric hospital in Tunis after posting the picture of herself.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/450104/20130325/amina-femen-topless-tunisia-home.htm
A woman who did something similarly in your face in the US and got the same publicity would probably get death threats too. and in fact, have.
to my knowledge, none have died, and neither will this woman, who is internationally connected, has been on television, and has a western last name which suggests she has a foreign relative (husband, father, grandfather, etc.)
The portrayal of Tunisia as fundamentalist and the number of people who swallowed it speak volumes about ignorance, tunnel vision, and self-referentialism.
first world concerns = ironic.