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If you're a woman who's ever walked down the street wearing a pair of ripped jeans, you deserve to be sexually assaulted and harassed — at least, according to conservative Egyptian lawyer Nabih ...
“Made in Egypt" — those three words increasingly appear on our clothing tags. But behind those words are the dramatic — and sometimes tragic — stories of young Egyptian women in garment ...
CAIRO — Hundreds of Egyptian women and girls have come out to denounce sexual harassment and share personal stories about it on social media, breaking a taboo and raising the ire of some in the ...
A conservative Egyptian lawyer sparked major backlash during a televised panel discussion when he said it is a man's "national duty" to rape women wearing revealing clothing, according to Variety ...
Self-defense classes have popped up in the last year across Egypt as this conservative Muslim country for the first time turns major attention to the issue of sexual harassment.
Long before France's burkini bans, there was an ancient history of telling women what they could and could not wear as a means of controlling a community's political message.
Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing.
Ancient Egyptian Women Wore "Tramp Stamps" To Protect Them During Childbirth Childbirth has always been dangerous. May as well look badass while you do it.
My rape and assault on Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011 made headlines the world over, but women in Egypt continued to suffer abuse away from media attention, for years. This might be changing at last.
Worn-Out Teeth Expand the Narrative of the Ancient Egyptian Career Woman Wear patterns suggest a woman buried in the ancient city of Mendes processed papyrus reeds, a job women were not previously ...
Egyptians are still fighting to shape their country's future. Activist Maissan Hassan talks about trying to secure the place of Egyptian women in the history of the Arab Spring.