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President Obama Ridiculed On Snapchat By His Daughter Sasha

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President Barack Obama has disclosed that his youngest daughter recently mocked him on Snapchat.

The US leader said Sasha had recorded him discussing the social network at a family dinner and then quietly posted a reaction to her friends.

It is not the first time the president has discussed his 15-year-old’s online activities.

In July, he said she also tweets, leading several media outlets to try to identify her account.

It remains secret.

 Likewise a copy of the described Snapchat post has not been made public. Messages posted to the app are designed to disappear after being viewed or within a short period of time, but there are ways to circumvent the restrictions.

“Sasha gave me instructions on Snapchat,” he said.

“One night at dinner we’re sitting there, and I had read that Snapchat was becoming really popular among her age cohort. So, I said: ‘So, tell me about Snapchat.’

“So, she starts explaining stuff – you can make little faces on your picture, and this and that and the other.

“And at the end of it, Michelle and I are sitting there. And I said: ‘Isn’t this interesting?’

“And I started talking to Michelle about the implications of social media and what all this means.

“[And I] come to find out she was recording us the whole time, and then sent to her friends afterwards: ‘This is my dad lecturing us on the meaning of social media.’

“And she took a picture of herself sort of looking bored.”

The president added that his wife – who joined Snapchat in June – and his eldest daughter Malia had “loved” the post.

Read More: BBC

Egyptian Lawmaker Ridiculed For Proposing College Virginity Tests

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An Egyptian member of parliament is facing ridicule for saying that universities should perform virginity tests on female students.

Elhamy Agina reportedly told an Egyptian newspaper on Thursday that virginity should be a prerequisite for admission to university.

He argued that it would help to end the practice of unregistered “customary” marriages that appeal to Egyptian youths who cannot afford formal weddings.“Any girl who enters university must be examined to prove she is a maiden,” Agina reportedly told the Youm 7 newspaper.

His comments sparked derision on social media.

“Didn’t I tell you the bottom is still far, and worse is to come?” rights lawyer and dissident Gamal Eid wrote on Twitter.

“We have a member of parliament obsessed with sex,” wrote liberal dissident and journalist Khaled Dawoud.

Agina told AFP on Friday his remarks had been misinterpreted and that he has decided to boycott the media.

“People have been attacking me since yesterday and they’re upset and such. I’ve decided not to deal with the media,” he said.

“I did not make a demand, I made a suggestion. There’s a big difference between a demand and a suggestion.”

He said the Youm 7 reporter had asked him about the government’s role in ending customary marriages, so he suggested the virginity tests.

“I said, well, it’s not the government’s right to ask a girl or a man whether they’ve had a customary marriage,” he said.

“But maybe, maybe… just as a suggestion that may or may not be implemented: the government could tell university hospitals to conduct drugs and virginity tests.

“And then the university can tell the student’s parents,” he added.

It was not the first time Agina has made controversial remarks.

He previously said he supported female genital mutilation, which is illegal but is still widely practised in Egypt.

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http://guardian.ng/news/egyptain-lawmaker-ridiculed-for-proposing-college-virginity-tests/

I Was Ridiculed When I Got Pregnant At 18 – Waje

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Sultry singer Waje has recalled how she was ridiculed for getting pregnant at 18. Waje’s whose daughter is now 16,told Saturday Beats

“I will not lie to you, I didn’t know anything. I was just a young girl. I was so naive and innocent. It wasn’t easy in those days. I was laughed at. I was given a nickname. I will not tell you the nickname. But the truth is that I was scorned.”My mother is a mother. She is a true mother. I don’t know what I would have done without her. She stood by me. She never discouraged me. I tapped from her strength. It was her strength that carried me on all through those years,” she said.

 If anybody had told me I would be this popular, I would have told the person to keep his prophecy. I am indeed grateful. It has been God all the way and also, I cannot take away the fact that I have worked so hard to get to where I am today. It is not yet over though. I still have more to do”.