Sa’ad Al-Sawayyan writes a great column about… his grandmother! “Let me introduce you to my grandmother “Mezna,” may her soul rest in peace.” She did not know how to read or write, but maybe that was for her own good, because our educational system has become brainwash that stuffs the head with useless crap.
He wishes that his grandmother were alive to attend the meeting of Karen Hughes with the students of Dar Al-Hikma College for Girls. “I am sure that my illiterate grandmother would be wiser, more truthful, more transparent, and more polite while discussing with Hughes than those educated girls of Dar Al-Hikma,” he said.
He thinks that maybe it was OK for a student to stand up and tell Hughes that she does not need to drive a car because she has a driver, but asks what about those who don’t have enough money to have a driver? What about those who want to practice their personal freedom?
That would be asking too much for most people, that is to think beyond themselves. This goes for both men and women who want to lead the world with all the “I wants” or “this fits my world” vs thinking of the others in society, their needs, their wants, their abilities or disabilities.