Quote of the Day: From the Social Hierarchy in Egypt

From Egyptian human rights activists Cynthia Farahat:

“But for me, as a woman and a Copt, I am a fourth-class citizen,” she said. “The first class citizen is the Egyptian Sunni Muslim male, the second class is the Sunni female. The third is the Christian male. The fourth is the Christian female. I’m a fourth-class Egyptian citizen with absolutely no legal rights.”

Spare a thought for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East -- a group about which we hear nearly nothing in the news media -- and the state of women.