Tag: sexual harassment

Tahrir Square sexual assaults reported during anniversary clashes

Activist Initiatives, Articles, Egypt, Leil-Zahra Mortada, Translating Dissent

Campaigners in Egypt say at least 25 women have been assaulted as state of emergency is declared in three provinces Patrick Kingsley in Cairo Monday 28 January 2013   Amid Egypt’s ongoing civil unrest, at least 25 women have been sexually assaulted during clashes in Tahrir Square, according to local women’s rights campaigners. In a typical attack, crowds of men quickly

» Read more
, ,

Dr. Hoda El Sadda Stands Up to Sexual Harassment

Egypt, Hoda Elsadda, Interviews, Translating Dissent

Cairo West, 6 March 2013 By Brian Wright Dr. Hoda El Sadda is a long-standing champion for women’s rights in Egypt and the Arab World, and a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University. With degrees from both Cairo University and the American University, she taught Comparative Arabic Literature at Manchester University from 2005 to 2011. In the

» Read more
, , ,