TOPIC Tahrir sexual assaults
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International Women's Day 2017 • 8 min read
On sexual violence – Feminist testimonies from Egypt
Dalia Abdel Hamid | Progress on sexual violence seems a beautiful success story, but reality was complicated and painful
6 March 2017
mob sexual violence • 10 min read
Tahrir sexual assault survivors recount their ordeals
Nadine Marroushi | Sara’s* 11-year-old daughter still won’t wear the clothes or bag she had on that night, on June
16 July 2014
mob sexual violence • 20 min read
Sexual assault and the state: A history of violence
Sarah Carr | This article contains strong language and graphic sexual content. ​Hend (not her real name), an outspoken
7 July 2014
 
Opinion
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
Yasmin El-Rifae
Circles about circles: On writing about sexual violence
I was part of Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault (OpAntiSH), one of several groups that fought
21 July 2015
Rothna Begum
How Egypt can turn the tide on sexual assault
In recent days, and repeatedly over the past few years, mobs of men violently attacked women and girls
15 June 2014
 
News
mob sexual violence • 2 min read
2 given life sentences, another 20 years, for Tahrir mob sexual assaults
7 August 2014
Egyptian rights groups statements • 3 min read
Rights groups call for inquiry into previous incidents of sexual violence
20 July 2014
mob sexual violence • 9 min read
Tahrir Square sexual assaults trial begins
25 June 2014
harassment law • 2 min read
13 referred to court in Tahrir rape case
14 June 2014
Ihab Badawy • 2 min read
Egypt calls on YouTube to take down sexual assault video
12 June 2014
forensic department • 4 min read
Forensics: No signs of rape in Tahrir sexual assault cases
12 June 2014
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Cartoons
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Cartoon: The religious
Andeel | Caption: Mass sexual assault in Tahrir Square again Signs: A nation religious by nature
9 June 2014
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