Selected Quotations

The Women’s Section

This is the Woman’s Section, through which readers should sense the need to bow down for it deals with the most critical issue on earth. The woman on earth is like the heart in the body; if good then all the body is good and if bad, all is bad.
A woman in a true civilized society deserves higher priority than a man, if it was possible to prioritize the two. That is because she influences him more than he affects her, though his arrogance may lead him to think otherwise. Hence, when women know the way to ideal morals, they will accordingly bring up male children, and with the ideals, they will inspire husbands throughout life’s path, and they will always attract men to them in all walks of life even when they are strangers.
When Eve seduced Adam, he was not able to resist the temptation. She intended for him the best, when she seduced him, but her ignorance turned to be dreadful for both of them. He could not resist the seduction because she is a messenger of life persistently calling to it to the extent that it seems as if every part of her body is echoing the invitation. Adam, on the other hand, is life seeker and all people are life seekers; whoever does not respond to life does not respond to anything. Yet, if Eve knew the right path to life, her invitation to Adam would have been perfect with no seduction or disobedience. If our Eves got well educated, then our Adams would have been enlightened. Educating a woman is like educating a nation, while educating a man remains an individual achievement.
Woman supporters and opponents, if there are ever opponents in the real sense of the word, are invited to participate by writing in this Section. However, their writings have to be a product of assured knowledge, mature thinking, and a serious attitude.

Mahmoud M. Taha: The Woman’s Opening, Al-Jamhoriya Newspaper: Jan.15, 1954