The recent victory of President-elect Barack Obama has got everyone talking.
So while Al-Qaeda has used this victory as an opportunity to invite the newest executive and his administration to embrace Islam, Egypt Today oped writer Rania Al Malaky wrote that the Obama victory “though inspiring, was a bitter reminder of the stark difference between ‘us’ and ‘them’ ” in her recent piece, “Yes they can, but can we?”
Still others are simply left inspired. In what is now being called “the Obama effect” in France, minorities in Egypt are feeling a resurgence of identity. In “The Obama effect and why François becomes Mohammed”, French citizens of Arab and African descent are reportedly changing their first names to Muslim names in a movement about returning to their roots.
It is difficult to imagine, and exhaustive to detail, how Barack Obama’s victory has inspired citizens of the world… Though, I have the feeling that in the coming years, many will tell how the unlikely candidate has given them the courage to challenge their political systems, confidence to assert minority identities and hope that our world isn’t totally shit- that there may after all (inshallah) be some good yet to come.
Was it because…
It’s been a hard week for the “gosh darnit” Gov, but at least she still has a right to shoes. 
