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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)

Sisi visits victim of Tahrir sexual assault in hospital

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 12, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi visited on Wednesday one of the victims of a mass sexual assault that took place in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during Sunday’s celebrations marking his inauguration as the country’s new president. A video...

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A volunteer from the opposition “Rebel!” group holds a sign as she tries to stop traffic to collect signatures for their campaign on a highway, ahead of the planned anti-Mursi protest at the end of the month, in Cairo June 22, 2013. Source: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih

Opinion: Women’s rights and the threat of Islamism

by Iqbal Al-Ahmad | Jun 24, 2013 | Opinion

When ideological extremism of any kind turns into an attack on freedoms and rights, and terrorism takes away all rights—intellectual or otherwise—and seeks to eliminate all previous gains and advances, it becomes a nightmare. In the Arab world, the impact of the...