Rape in Tahrir Square

The horrific rape that was recorded on video in Tahrir Square on Sunday June 8 was one of five sexual assaults in Tahrir during Abdel Fattah el Sissi's presidential inauguration celebrations.

by Amr Khalifa

Nations do not devolve suddenly. The process is insidious, interconnected, and complex but often leaves welts on a country’s soul. In the past three years, Egypt has had a monumental security vacuum, of this there can be no doubt. But, there are no excuses for any man, anywhere, to forcibly touch one hair on any woman in Egypt or elsewhere, security vacuum or not.

There are very few inhabiting the social media world who by now have not seen video of the horrific rape that occurred in Tahrir Square on Sunday June 8. The incident was one of five sexual assaults that took place in the middle of Tahrir Square during Abdel Fattah el Sissi’s presidential inauguration celebrations. These are not the first such incidents to occur in the country nor, likely, will they be the last.