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‘As I Want’ Review: A Misleading Look at Sexual Harassment in Egypt
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variety.comJay Weissberg Egypt has had a serious problem with sexual harassment for a long time: Speak to nearly any woman in the capital and you’ll hear horror stories of verbal and physical abuse.
Just last year, Cairo topped a survey of the world’s most dangerous cities for women, and the third most dangerous for sexual violence.
Public attention was drawn to the issue in the waning days of the Hosni Mubarak presidency before the 2011 Revolution (it’s the subject of the 2010 feature “Cairo 678”), thanks to brave protesters who’d had enough.
After the Revolution, activists were inspired to rally for change, yet when Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was elected president, there was widespread fear that his conservative brand of Islam would.
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