utter unrest in a mother’s hands and words

As I am sure most people are watching the news about what is happening in Africa and the Middle East, I couldn’t help but be touched by the story of the woman who says she was raped by Gadhafi’s military.  I decided to post this video clip of her mother being interviewed being because her hands are visible at times.  This mother’s hands in action say so much to me, it is my interpretation.  Her hands are a loving mother’s hands, gentle hands, caring hands, concerned hands, anxious hands, angry hands, hands that would strangle.  Immense contrasts, but contrasts I will not judge.  I believe if I were in her situation, my hands would tell a similar story.

Where I sit, in the United States of America, thousands of miles away from this unrest (personal and civil), I pray for this mother and her daughter.  Even in the United States of America we are not free from oppressive acts of rape…no land is free from this barbaric act.   Naturally, I also pray for all of the people of Libya who are looking for freedom from 40 years worth of an oppressive dictator and his regime.  

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/03/30/sayah.libya.mother.rage.cnn