The insights of Elizabeth Bennington: the American correspondent who is shocked that Syrian women can handle a cellphone

""The women are stunning – as they fight bravely to take an equal place in their societies, battling for change, social justice and access to education and technology. I have sat many times in a cool tiled café near a trickling fountain, and watched a lovely young woman activist – cell phone in one hand, hubble-bubble pipe in the other – chipping away at the patriarchy and doing her bit to change the world."" (thanks Butros)