sexual assault

features

sexual violence • 12 min read

Friend of witness in Fairmont case swept up in backlash arrests, ordered detained

The prosecutor’s statement did not specify the charges that the detainees are being investigated for

3 September 2020

sexual violence • 17 min read

I’m sorry I harassed you

Nada Gamal | Without remorse, apologies do not work.

20 August 2020

sexual assault • 4 min read

Complaint filed with National Council for Women over 2014 gang rape at Fairmont hotel

Allegations of the 2014 Fairmont hotel rape first appeared publicly in late July on Instagram.

5 August 2020

sexual assault • 10 min read

Ahmed Bassam Zaki’s charges highlight flaws in penal code

Mohamed Tarek | Zaki’s sentence may ultimately come down to the judge’s interpretation of the facts of the case.

12 July 2020

sexual assault • 22 min read

Where do survivors of sexual violence turn? The case of Ahmed Bassam Zaki

Hadeer El-Mahdawy | The legal system’s past handling of sexual violence cases does not inspire confidence in victims.

9 July 2020

sexual assault • 24 min read

Think, rethink

Connie Burk | Connie Burk on processes of community accountability, their limitations and their potential

22 December 2018

sexual assault • 27 min read

Philly Stands Up: Inside the politics and poetics of transformative justice and community accountability in sexual assault situations

Esteban Kelly | Esteban Kelly, one of the founding members of Philly Stands Up, describes its journey

9 December 2018

sexual violence • 30 min read

In our hands: Community accountability as pedagogical strategy

Clarissa Rojas | Clarissa Rojas recounts a classroom process of pursuing community accountability

30 November 2018

sexual violence • 5 min read

Series: Community accountability — how does it really work?

A series exploring experiences of addressing sexual violence through community accountability

30 November 2018

More features

Opinion

Salma El Tarzi

Things I want to talk about

My life is by far more valuable than what they like to call honor.

22 August 2020

Yasmin El-Rifae

Inherent guilt: Menna Abdel Aziz and the victims of Ahmed Bassam Zaki

Rape is not done by monsters, it is done by human beings

20 July 2020

News

sexual assault • 12 min read

Friend of witness in Fairmont case swept up in backlash arrests, ordered detained

2 September 2020

sexual violence • 9 min read

Smear campaign, arrests in blowback over Fairmont rape case

1 September 2020

sexual assault • 7 min read

Security forces detain witnesses in Fairmont rape case

29 August 2020

sexual assault • 5 min read

Public Prosecution: 7 of 9 defendants in Fairmont rape case fled the country before complaint filed

26 August 2020

Journalists Syndicate • 4 min read

After filing sexual assault complaint against employer, Youm7 journalist banned from entering workplace

2 October 2018

Journalists Syndicate • 6 min read

Youm7 opens internal investigation into sexual assault allegations against prominent writer

5 September 2018