sexual violence

features

Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression • 25 min read

How do institutions respond to sexual violence?

Hadeer El-Mahdawy | “I can make it impossible for you to work anywhere, I can make it so you won’t be able to sleep.”

8 December 2020

Sudanese refugees • 8 min read

Security forces crack down on refugees protesting violence, harassment

Hadeer El-Mahdawy | Within 15 minutes, security forces began to use batons and water cannons to disperse the protest.

2 November 2020

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 • 11 min read

Media orgs vow to investigate as Hisham Allam threatens rape accusers with legal action

On Sunday, the fifth in a series of testimonies against the journalist appeared on a blog

24 August 2020

sexual violence • 17 min read

I’m sorry I harassed you

Nada Gamal | Without remorse, apologies do not work.

20 August 2020

sexual violence • 22 min read

The unspoken crime of marital rape

Heba Anis | There is no statute criminalizing marital rape, nor is it a legally valid reason for divorce

18 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

detox • 13 min read

DETOX | Better late than never

Women are rightfully angry, and they’re demanding to be heard.

11 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

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Opinion

Lama Abu Odeh

Liberal versus radical feminism: the fundamental contradiction

The sooner those feminists understand this underlying tension and try to manage it, the better

23 January 2021

Dina Makram Ebeid

Battling sexual violence within institutions: Things we have learned

Civil society organizations cannot just “handle” sexual violence with the logic of crisis management

22 January 2021

Hind Ahmed Zaki

How Egyptian women have broken the stigma around sexual violence

This is a pivotal moment of pain, of positive confusion, that Egyptian society desperately needs

21 January 2021

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News

civil society • 4 min read

Belady Center manager dismissed after independent investigation of sexual harassment claims

3 February 2021

mob sexual violence • 3 min read

Ahmed Bassam Zaki receives harshest possible sentence in online harassment trial

30 December 2020

sexual violence • 4 min read

Verdict in online harassment trial of Ahmed Bassam Zaki set for Dec 29

16 December 2020

sexual violence • 9 min read

Smear campaign, arrests in blowback over Fairmont rape case

1 September 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

activist detentions • 7 min read

Imprisoned trans woman Malak al-Kashif sexually assaulted, subjected to forced anal examination in state hospital

12 March 2019

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Cartoons

domestic violence

Sweet words

Andeel | Man (in very small letters): "Sorry..."

15 April 2015

cartoon

Cartoon: To whom it may concern

Andeel | You look like shit when you're harassing.

31 August 2014

cartoon

Cartoon: Good omen (Boshret Kheir)

Andeel | "This is a gathering of men." [Song lyrics from Boshret Kheir]

10 June 2014