The two articles that I analyzed today are Women’s Rights in Egypt: Re-examining a Revolution and Egyptian Mother on Genital Mutilation. The article Women’s Right in Egypt talks about how women rights organizations have not changed much since the revolution. They still seem to fight for the same things and they are not getting women the rights that they deserve and need. Even though this is an argument in the article, it is mentioned that there are setbacks to any sort of policy being made. The setbacks include the religious government side and the ideas possessed by the people due to their culture. The Muslim Brotherhood and men within Egypt have strong views that have stopped progress. Men are threatened by the support for women rights. Some even say that their masculinity is threatened and that they will not have a way to control them. But on the other side women are arguing for their own cause. One women, Mervat Tallawy, who is part of the Women Deliver MENA region panel, says that it is actually women’s rights who are threatened. It is thought that women are not in desperate need but that they will get their rights through action, since women have already been fighting. Ever since the revolution they have been part of the fight and are continuing to get support. With that being said women are opening up and expressing their views. This includes Sara, the speaker in the article Egyptian Mother on Genital Mutilation. Sara speaks out about saying no to genital mutilation of women. She says that this has become tradition to keep women pure but it is painful and women should not go through the process. She mentions how she has started to fight even with her husband, who has wanted his daughter to be a part of the tradition.  I feel that these two articles go hand in hand because they both mention the setbacks and the struggle. Even though it was argued that women weren’t progressing, there is a form of progress going on in other ways. Women are out fighting and some women have started to change tradition, in the same way as Sara.