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June 23, 2012
June 13, 2012
'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.
"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."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
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]
Check this: Sexual Assault as Political Tool: 'Men Attacking Women at Tahrir Square'
[Sarah A. Topol/The DailyBeast]
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
"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]
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]
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."
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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 countryin 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."
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June 07, 2012
June 02, 2012
A Tunisian Journalist Call, via Le M.U.R./Facebook
You are a Tunisian street artist or one of your friends is... or maybe you have a good knowledge
of the GRAFFITI / URBAN ART scene in Tunisia... Will you please be so kind to leave a comment on
LE M.U.R. right HERE?
A Tunisian journalist - aiming to present an overview of Street Arts spreading around in Tunisia
since the spring revolution and the departure of Ben Ali - will get in touch with you.
of the GRAFFITI / URBAN ART scene in Tunisia... Will you please be so kind to leave a comment on
LE M.U.R. right HERE?
A Tunisian journalist - aiming to present an overview of Street Arts spreading around in Tunisia
since the spring revolution and the departure of Ben Ali - will get in touch with you.
... Throughout Tunisia, giant murals of ordinary people replaced large
portraits of Ben Ali.
In the gutted ruins of government buildings, the
burned husks of presidential palaces, and other locations like
billboards, walls, along streets and the Porte de France, in Tunis, they
aimed to provoke discussion ‘in a world
turned upside down or inside
out’, transforming the streets and areas of social conflict into new
arenas for
discourse and dialogue."Any question about URBAN ART in Tunisia... like why? when? where? how?
Find the answers on Brandon Letzinger's essay 'Creating the Political: Street Art after the 2011
Tunisian revolution.
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Le MUR-asso, official site.
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