"If I hear your voice, I will hit you again."
"You choose how you want to get beaten, with a stick or with a hose."
These words are how Amina, a victim of domestic violence, recalls the time she used to live with her family before she got married. (...)
"They tied me up, as I was crying and screaming," one young victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) who preferred to stay anonymous told Al-Ahram Weekly. "I felt betrayed. My parents had betrayed me without even thinking of explaining the (...)
"What happened to Menna's face? Menna's face has been intentionally damaged throughout the tomb. The ancient Egyptians believed the soul of a person inhabited a painting of them and that destroying the face would 'deactivate' the image. Why did (...)