Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’

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Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’

Last winter, an Egyptian woman was assaulted by a crowd of men in the city of Alexandria.

In video footage of the incident, posted on the internet, she is hauled over men’s shoulders and dragged along the ground, her screams barely audible over the shouts of the mob.

It is hard to tell who is attacking her and who is trying to help.

The case was one of the most extreme – but surveys say many Egyptian women face some form of sexual harassment every day.

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