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There’s really no comparison to the Sadat era, in many ways it’s worse but in ways it’s also better. When we were imprisoned for our activism in the 70s, no one knew about it. There was no social media of course and no state media would cover such things.

— Hala Shukrallah

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There’s really no comparison to the Sadat era, in many ways it’s worse but in ways it’s also better. When we were imprisoned for our activism in the 70s, no one knew about it. There was no social media of course and no state media would cover such things." in the context of "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/interview-al-dostour-leader-hala-shukrallah/" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Hala Shukrallah

About Hala Shukrallah

Hala Shukrallah (born in 1954) is the former president of the Egyptian Constitution Party, having succeeded Sayed Kassem as the party's leader. She is the first Coptic woman to head an Egyptian political party.