Amr Adib, an Egyptian television host with one of the highest number of viewers in the Middle East, has equated women to servants in his latest episode. Adib, who is also one of the most influential television hosts in the region, started his segment with a story about a woman in New York telling her new husband that he should wash his dirty dishes, pick up his used towel and clothes. Adib, looking straight at the camera in an agitated fashion then asks, “is it not in the services of a wife, for when I leave my pants [on the floor], to pick it up? When I leave my dirty plate, to pick it up? We are starting to ask the important historical questions. Why else am I married?” The co-host, visibly surprised, asks Adib “is that the only reason you are married?” “No that is not the only reason, but it is not my role to pick up the pants,” replied Adib sternly. “What do you mean pick up your pants? I came [home] tired. Pick up my pants as well?! After a while she will tell me take a…
Popular Egyptian television host says wives are servants for husbands
October 2, 2014
