Hehehe... orang2 Islam di Mesir ini beramai2 nyerang cewek di tempat umum. Jadi 
ini bukan sekedar individu yg bejad, tp emang pandangan orang2 Islam tsb yg 
nganggap cewek (kafir) bisa dilecehkan. 

Tentunya ini krn ajaran Islam yg ngehalalkan nangkap cewek (kafir) lalu merkosa 
si cewek dan nganggap cewek cuma sekedar benda pemuas sex orang Islam.

Apa reaksi si arra ngeliat ada cewek dilecehkan rame2 di tempat umum oleh orang 
Islam? Saking dungunya, si arra akan kaing2 mau ngegigit gua, bukannya ngebela 
ceweknya, mungkin si arra akan bilang salah si cewek knp pake pakean pelacur 
dan keluar rumah tanpa muhrimnya.


http://www.bikyamasr.com/71187/egypt-media-silent-on-sexual-violence-against-women/

Egypt media silent on sexual violence against women
Joseph Mayton | 29 June 2012 | 1 Comment


CAIRO: The international press has been quick to pick up the horrific story of 
the sexual assault and mob attack of British journalist 
Natasha Smith last Sunday. Local media, however, has been silent, 
highlighting one of the most pressing concerns among women’s rights 
advocates in the country, who continue to battle against stereotypes, 
violence and a lack of attention for the work they are doing.

Smith wrote on her blog in horrifying detail of how a mob of men attacking and 
stripping her on a side street near Tahrir Square as the country was 
celebrating the election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi 
last Sunday. The story, which was quickly picked up by international 
media, has not made its way into Egyptian local media, including the 
English language publications.
It is a reality that only confounds the situation further. The old 
man’s club of Editors-in-chiefs in the country have no desire to portray Egypt 
as a “country that is antagonistic toward women,” one reporter 
for a local daily told Bikyamasr.com on Friday in the upscale Zamalek 
neighborhood.

“Women are not going to be going to Tahrir today in large numbers 
because they fear for their lives after what happened to women in the 
square this month,” the reporter said.

It is a frustrating fact that women’s advocates and anti-sexual 
harassment campaigners are forced to face on a daily basis in the 
country. The media just doesn’t seem to care, they argue.
Women’s rights group SHAG had called for a demonstration on Friday to protest 
sexual violence against women, but it has now been overshadowed by mass calls 
from the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups for a protest against military 
rule in the country.

While protests are a positive sign for women’s groups in the country, the 
overall silence from the media appear to assist in the perpetuation of violence 
directed at women.

Although sexual violence towards women is a problem not necessarily 
with a focal point, in recent weeks, the iconic Tahrir Square has become an 
almost war-zone for harassment, Egyptian and foreign women have told 
Bikyamasr.com.

“I was pushing through and as the men were praying in the square, I 
had my butt and chest grabbed repeatedly by people,” said one Egyptian 
woman, who asked that her identity not be revealed.

She told Bikyamasr.com that “I was in shock, because the Islamists 
were in the square, but I guess it doesn’t matter who is protesting, 
women will be attacked.”

Other women, including foreign journalists, told Bikyamasr.com that 
they had been repeatedly groped on the streets near and inside Tahrir 
Square. That was before Smith’s revelation.

For many, they said they will not return to the square during the evening in 
fear of being sexually assaulted.

The month of June has seen numerous reports of sexual violence in 
Egypt’s iconic square, highlighting that women’s rights and ending 
harassment continue to be on the outside looking in as political tension in the 
country amps up.

June 5 was the worst day, with women, both foreigners and Egyptians, 
reporting that they had been sexually assaulted in the square take place 
following the disbanding of Parliament on June 14 evening.

“I was walking in the square and was hoping to be part of the calls 
for the SCAF to leave power when a man behind me grabbed by butt and 
started saying disgusting things to me,” one woman told Bikyamasr.com on Friday 
June 15 afternoon, asking that their identity remain anonymous.

“He asked if I was a slut and then swore at me when I yelled at him,” she added.

Others also reported being harassed on social media networks, 
highlighting the growing concern facing women in the country and 
specifically in Tahrir Square, where masses are gathering.

It came exactly one week after an anti-sexual harassment 
demonstration organized by over 20 Egyptian women’s groups in protest 
against the recent escalation of assaults in Cairo’s Tahrir Square was 
attacked about an hour and half after it began by unknown troublemakers.

The participants reported being attacked by a mob of “thugs” who 
attempted to throw rocks and glass at them, but the clash was over 
quickly as volunteers securing the protest intervened to stop it.

This was not the first time a women’s rights march was attacked in Tahrir 
Square.

Last March, and on International Women’s Day, a march of tens of 
women was attacked by a cynical mob of men who did not like women 
protesting for more rights.

Several female protesters were injured and one woman had to have 8 
stitches in her head. Almost all of them were groped and sexually 
assaulted in the attack.

A 2008 study by the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR) found 
that well over two-thirds of Egyptian women are sexually harassed daily 
in the country.

Right before the attack, and in the middle of thousands of protesters calling 
for change, the female protesters stood strong, denouncing the 
recent viscous attacks on female visitors to Tahrir Square, only a short time 
before they themselves were the victims of an attack.

Earlier this month, and on the Friday of Determination mass protest 
that saw tens of thousands descend on the square, the attack proved the 
difficulties women face in Egypt.

The protest saw women and men from various age groups come together 
calling for an end to sexual violence against women in the square.

The participants held signs that read “It is my right to protest 
safely,” “Groping your sister is shameful for the square” and “Be a man 
and protect her instead of harassing her.”

“We are fed up,” protester Mai Abdel Hafez, 24, told Bikyamasr.com.

“We came to deliver a message that it is our right to protest and we 
will not avoid the square in fear of harassment,” she said right before 
the attack took place.

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