Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Sexual Assault | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
Media ID: 55333362
Caption:

Egyptian women hold banners during a protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


Media ID: 55333161
Caption:

A female protester holds a sign saying: “Be a human being instead of an animal; with apologies to the animals,” near police officers as she joins others protesting against sexual harassment after a woman was sexually assaulted by a mob during Sunday’s celebrations marking the new president’s inauguration in Tahrir square, in Cairo on June 11, 2014. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)


Media ID: 55300214
Caption:

Syrian refugee women hide their faces in the Lebanese village Wadi Khaled located on the Lebanese-Syrian border during the first day of Ramadan. Source: AP Photo


Opinion: The Agony of Syrian Women Refugees

Opinion: The Agony of Syrian Women Refugees

There is only terrible news from Syria and the refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey about the situation of women and children. Inside Syria, women—even the old ones—are victims of kidnapping, murder, torture and a host of other unimaginable things. Why are...