Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.
I don't know what I would have done to rebel. I don't know what I was rebelling against.
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961.
You know, I was a school rebel. Whatever they said do, I didn't do. I was totally anti-everything.
I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.
I was involved in some peaceful protests.
I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I had no focus, had no real interest in anything, and so I started to do things that were just rebellious and stupid.
I didn't rebel as a child. I missed that angry teenager thing.
I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.
I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.