As unrest expands, Gaza's women rise up
Women are joining the protests against Israeli soldiers on the eastern border of Gaza City.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Inam Abu Qenas, 30, and Mervat Abdul Qadir, 26, headed to the front lines on the eastern border of Gaza City and approached the Israeli Nahal Oz military site to throw stones. Their Oct. 9 step pushed other young protesters to follow suit.
Abu Qenas and Abdul Qadir were not thinking of the criticism that their action may stir in society, as two women among an otherwise all-male protest. They do not think of the act of throwing stones as restricted to men.
