Kristen McTighe

Amid Celebrations For Sisi, More Mob Sexual Assault In Cairo’s Tahrir Square

Activists say harassment of women in Egypt has reached endemic levels.

Kristen McTighe
By Kristen McTighe
Mideast Egypt Sexual Assault

CAIRO — Egypt's police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually assaulted young woman in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. In a shaky video circulating on social media,

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Do Egyptians Want Military Rule (Again)?

Egyptians displayed a wide range of reactions to Monday’s military statement that predicted an army intervention.

Kristen McTighe
By Kristen McTighe

CAIRO, Egypt — Instead of calming the hostile confrontation between supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and the mass of protesters seeking his ouster, a military statement giving political forces just 48 hours to resolve the country’s current crisis appears to have hardened stances on both sides. In a statement read on national television

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