Eid Rampage... I Spit on Egypts Law and Order
"We were surprised to find a girl in her early twenties who had fainted on the ground, surrounded by a large number of youth who were groping parts of her body and taking off her clothes.
I could not understand, or rather could not absorb, what was happening…the girl got up quickly and tried to run in any direction until she saw a Syrian restaurant called "el Madyafa" or something, and ran into it. The young men surrounded the restaurant and did not leave till one of them shouted, "There's another girl in front of Miami!"
Everyone ran towards Talaat Harb Street again. I found there a girl encircled by hundreds of men who were trying to grope her and rip off her clothes. This time the girl was rescued by a taxi driver who picked her up in his taxi, but the men did not let the taxi pass and they formed a circle around it demanding that she get out of the car until a policeman interfered, raising his baton and beating anyone he saw in front of him."
I wasnt in Cairo for Eid, i was partying in Dahab (a post on that later) - only yesterday did i hear through the grapevine (more specifically Kent) that something like this had been going on during Eid in Downtown Cairo (one of the most busiest areas of cairo). This disturbs me down to my core. Iv heard about people getting harassed here... a know a lot of people who had been harassed and i know that it happens in Pakistan but no where near the frequency that it happens here... and now i read this and it seriously has disturbed me to the extent that i cant think straight. Im not gonna write an opinion piece or anything on this... im dusgusted and disturbed. Full Stop.
For the entire story go HERE
For more links and details and pictures as well... go to Tom's blog HERE
Disgusted. Disturbed.
I could not understand, or rather could not absorb, what was happening…the girl got up quickly and tried to run in any direction until she saw a Syrian restaurant called "el Madyafa" or something, and ran into it. The young men surrounded the restaurant and did not leave till one of them shouted, "There's another girl in front of Miami!"
Everyone ran towards Talaat Harb Street again. I found there a girl encircled by hundreds of men who were trying to grope her and rip off her clothes. This time the girl was rescued by a taxi driver who picked her up in his taxi, but the men did not let the taxi pass and they formed a circle around it demanding that she get out of the car until a policeman interfered, raising his baton and beating anyone he saw in front of him."
I wasnt in Cairo for Eid, i was partying in Dahab (a post on that later) - only yesterday did i hear through the grapevine (more specifically Kent) that something like this had been going on during Eid in Downtown Cairo (one of the most busiest areas of cairo). This disturbs me down to my core. Iv heard about people getting harassed here... a know a lot of people who had been harassed and i know that it happens in Pakistan but no where near the frequency that it happens here... and now i read this and it seriously has disturbed me to the extent that i cant think straight. Im not gonna write an opinion piece or anything on this... im dusgusted and disturbed. Full Stop.
For the entire story go HERE
For more links and details and pictures as well... go to Tom's blog HERE
Disgusted. Disturbed.
Salman!
I am so glad you are updating - I've missed you.
All my best my dear.
C -
Posted by Colette | 6:44 PM
That's just sad!!
True people do get harassed in Pakistan too but I have never seen something like this happening in Pakistan. I'm quite sure it's never that open!
.:Omar:.
Posted by .:Omar:. | 11:56 AM