This week we speak with Mona Khalil, co-founder of the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals (ESMA), in light of the recent protest movement and ousting of dictator Hosni Mubarak. Khalil talks about her beginnings in animal welfare activism, the founding of ESMA, muslim culture and religious traditions and her organization’s hard work ahead.

We last spoke with Khalil back in 2006, when she was with the Society for the Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt (SPARE), which can be listened to by clicking here.

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