The comics express the anger and betrayal the women felt, especially toward revolutionary friends.
Progress on sexual violence seems a beautiful success story, but reality was complicated and painful
Sara’s* 11-year-old daughter still won’t wear the clothes or bag she had on that night, on June 8, when her and her mother were grabbed and assaulted by mobs of young…
This article contains strong language and graphic sexual content. Hend (not her real name), an outspoken political activist, is used to being watched and threatened. She rose to prominence during…
Cairo Criminal Court handed a life sentence to two defendants and 20 years in prison to a third for a mob sexual…
The verdict in the Tahrir mob sexual assault case issued last week is “an initial step” towards holding perpetrators of such crimes…
Twelve* men accused of participating in mob sexual assaults in Cairo’s Tahrir Square stood in court on Wednesday in the first session…
The prosecution referred 13 people to criminal court on Saturday on accusations of participating in a mass sexual assault on a woman…
Newly inaugurated President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s administration has called on YouTube to take down a video of a mob sexual assault in…
Cases of mass sexual assaults against several females in Tahrir Square during Sunday's celebrations for the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
«Rape is not done by monsters, it is done by human beings»
«I was part of Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault (OpAntiSH), one of several groups that fought mob attacks against women in Tahrir from 2012 onward. This piece is…»
«In recent days, and repeatedly over the past few years, mobs of men violently attacked women and girls taking part in demonstrations in Tahrir Square. This…»
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