My African cliché of the day is a great African woman rights fighter: Huda Sha’arawi. She created the first Egyptian Philanthropic Society for women, in addition to being the founder and head of the Egyptian Feminist Union. Most unapologetic woman in recent history. Despite all her accomplishments, she refused to be singled out as Egyptian. Here is what she said on that topic: “Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all wom