Iman

Iman’s story was covered extensively by global media. Iman could be anybody’s daughter, sister, colleague, niece or wife. Iman, as a female, represents 50% of any society. Her courage and determination to break the taboo in one of the most conservative Arab societies should be commended. This tortured helpless girl who fears nobody in her life and fights the whole world should send us all a powerful message.

There is nonstop violence against vulnerable women and girls in the world and it has been going on and on and on. What are we doing about it?

Who should be standing up for these women to protect them from individual incidents or collective governmental decisions to demoralise the opposition?

My answer to this question is: all of us should get involved, be it community leaders, global leaders, grass root workers.