Tehran, YJC. Samira Ibrahim says she made a big mistake in pronouncing allegiance to Israel to receive an award.
In an interview by Fars news agency, Samira Ebrahim said that she
would have not accepted the Women Of Courage Award had she known the cost for
it.
She stated that when she was to the US for receiving her award the
Department of State pressured her to apologize to Israel for what she had
earlier tweeted against the country.
She added that she had told the US officials that she would not
recognize the Zionist regime in Tel Aviv.
When they talked to her about the Camp David Accords she told them
that the issue was a political one and she would not be involved, she told the
reporter.
She added "I tried to get help from the Egyptian Embassy in Washington
for getting back to Egypt, but the embassy delayed answering.”
Samira Ibrahim is an activist who revealed the sit-in at Tahrir Square
in Cairo women being arrested and treated violently by the Egyptian Supreme
Council of the Armed Forces
YJC/.