CAIRO: It started with the best of intentions; a new generation refused to follow the path laid out for them and took to the streets demanding change. Bread, freedom, fairness and dignity were our demands and a better Egypt was our dream. Looking (...)
CAIRO: Let's get something clear first: the problem with female circumcision in Egypt has absolutely nothing to do with religion. Even though practitioners often believe the practice has some sort of religious support, religious leaders of both (...)
CAIRO: Any Egyptian revolutionary can tell you that the demands of the January 25 revolution are nowhere near met, but the past 18 months has brought with it a tsunami of realization of rights. The Egyptian people have realized that they have (...)
CAIRO: On January 25, 2011 hundreds of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated against then President Hosni Mubarak and his regime. After years of oppression, people took to the streets and demanded their basic human rights.
The demands may have changed (...)
CAIRO: Lets just get a couple of things straight first, disturbing the peace of random women walking in the street and in public transportation by cat calling, yelling out sexual acts you'd like to do to them, groping their breasts and slapping (...)
