A tragic subject but an extraordinary woman

     Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian journalist and activist whose speech at John Jay College I attended in April, was interviewed by CNN yesterday morning about the deteriorating situation in Syria.
     The talk focused specifically on Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, a 13-year-old boy whom the Syrian government tortured and murdered in April, and raised the question of whether or not his death would galvanize or demoralize the opposition.
      Mona, sticking to that distinctive balance between optimism and and practicality that she impressed me by striking before, argued that demoralization was the one outcome that the people of Syria would resist
      Though the interview is only three minutes long, I encourage anyone who is interested to view it, if only to get a sense of the infectiousness of her passion and convictions.