Egypt: Success of a Summer Revolution!

Egyptian army ousts Mursi and scraps constitution 

President Mohammad Mursi has failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people,”

Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said in a televised address to the nation. [Al Arabiya] 

"It took Egyptians three decades to remove Hosni Mubarak from power and only three 
days to topple President Morsi, his successor, and the country's first democratically 
elected president. [Al Arabiya]

Egyptian Army announces Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, to be sworn in 
as interim president on Thursday. [Al Jazeera]
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Many will call what just happened a 'coup', yet the army 
here has expressed the willingness of millions of Egyptians.
The future will tell us how to call this event.
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On the other hand, Egypt will be a great nation... 
when Egyptian men learn to respect women.

- In Egypt, it is always the woman’s fault I Bikya News 
- Egypt: Epidemic of Sexual Violence | Human Rights Watch 
- Where are sexual assaults happening in Egypt? I Harass Map 
- Egyptian women fear rising tide of sexual assault as Tahrir crowds grow | Guardian 
- Sexual assaults reported in Cairo I CNN 
- Press release by 20 rights organizations I One year into Mohamed Morsi’s term: 
Manifold abuses and the systematic undermining of the rule of law I EIPR 
- From Mubarak to the Muslim Brotherhood: Sexual torture as a weapon I Mosireen 
Collective.

[Click and watch the HRW video]

July 3, 2013) -- Egyptian anti-sexual harassment groups confirmed that mobs sexually assaulted and 
in some cases raped at least 91 women in Tahrir Square over four days of protests beginning on June 
30, 2013 amid a climate of impunity. Human Rights Watch has long documented the problem of sexual 
assault in Cairo's streets and particularly at protests. A new video highlights the stories of women who 
have been attacked, in some cases as recently as January 2013.

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'End Sexual Harassment' day needs you!

Blog and Tweet today to #EndSH !

When Lara Logan broke the silence and CBS could reveal what happened to her in Tahrir 
Square the night of Moubarak resignation, the veil fell and Egyptian women were finally 
able to publicly denounce what over two thirds of them suffer daily - which is although 
a shame for the country.

Whatever the reasons behind these brutal attacks on women - particularly singled out  

in Egypt among other Muslim countries - it was time to denounce this outrageous behavior.
Its resurgence since the fall of the regime suggests that this could be now a means used 

by the military to hold off at least women from Tahrir's democratic claims.

Check this: Sexual Assault as Political Tool: 'Men Attacking Women at Tahrir Square' 
[Sarah A. Topol/The DailyBeast]

[harmonybeau]

كلام بيقولوا رجالة للي بيعاكسوا البنات في الشارع

"Egyptian activists declared Wednesday June 13 as the day to write about sexual
harassment on social websites and blogs in an effort to combat the rising level of  

sexual violence in the country."

"Female protesters and visitors to Tahrir square reported a dramatic increase in sexual 

violence against female activists over the past week, which led many to believe that 

the incidents are part of an organized plan by the state to intimidate protesters."

[BikyaMasr]

[TheRealNews]

During the previous protest, on June 8th...

"An anti-sexual harassment demonstration organized by over 20 Egyptian women’s 

groups in protest against the recent escalation of assaults in Cairo’s Tahrir Square 

was attacked about an hour and half after it began by unknown troublemakers."

[Read more on BikyaMasr]

The "End Harassment" campaign went on line in 2011, promoted by the HarassMAP 

site: 

"Egypt’s most effective organization that has been tallying incidents of harassment across the country
in an effort to help assist women when they traverse what has become and almost war zone-like 
atmosphere. Harassment is everywhere, but the online campaigners say it can end."

[June 21/2011, Joseph Mayton].

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