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Egypt's Feminists Fire Back on Blogs |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMUNICATIONS |
| Author: Joseph Mayton |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Size: 985 Words, 5,351 Characters |
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In 2006, when the holiday of Eid Al Fitr--the festival marking the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan--turned into a crazed riot when young men sexually assaulted female bystanders in plain sight, it appeared Egypt had regressed to some far more lawless chapter of its history.
But it now appears those shocking events have galvanized ordinary people to take matters into their own hands. The outrage felt by Egyptian women at the attacks that took place in downtown Cairo in October 2006, as well as at the indifference of authorities in the events' aftermath, has reverberated through the streets--and carried on cyber-waves--sparking a new, unchart...
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