Word: darwish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seat Parliament. An active feminist, she held her own in a remarkable debate last year with Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, who had come to Cairo to explore the possibilities of a merger between Egypt and Libya. Takla, who is married to Police General and Criminologist Karim Darwish, rebutted Gaddafi's chauvinistic brand of Islamic fundamentalism by arguing that it reduced women to a secondary role. When Gaddafi protested that women were weak, Takla retorted that "only in weak societies are women weak." Among the feminists present who cheered her on: Jehan Sadat, 40, the President's attractive half...