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CAIRO: This combination of file pictures shows a woman watching videos of (left to right) Egyptian influencers Haneen Hossam and Mowada Al-Adham, who were sentenced to two years in prison on charges of violation public morals, on the video-sharing app TikTok. — AFP

‘#MeToo’: Egypt’s sex assault accusations spotlight stigmas
(FILES) In this combination of file pictures created on July 29, 2020 shows a woman watching videos of (L to R) Egyptian influencers Haneen Hossam and Mowada al-Adham, who were sentenced to two years in prison on charges of violation public morals, on the video-sharing app TikTok in Egypt's capital Cairo. - Social media has become a new and dangerous battleground for women's rights in Egypt after young TikTok influencers were jailed while a resurgent #MeToo movement decried male sexual violence. On July 27, a court sentenced five female social media influencers, Haneen Hossam, Mowada al-Adham and three others, to two years in jail each on charges of violating public morals over content posted to video-sharing app TikTok. (Photos by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Egypt grapples with women's freedoms online
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Egypt sexual predator case reignites a '#MeToo' debate
CAIRO: In this file photo taken on May 22, 2020, Egyptian youths fly handmade kites from an overpass on the capital’s Ring Road before iftar during the holy month of Ramadan. — AFP

Egypt grounds kites for safety, security reasons
The Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo is pictured empty after the site closed to the general public as a protective a measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. — AFP

Egypt cleans up for return of tourists
(FILES) In this file photo taken during a guided tour organised by Egypt's State Information Service on February 11, 2020, an Egyptian police officer stands at the entrance of the Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo. - As governments in the Middle East isolate their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attention is turning the region's jails where detainees face a more punishing form of lockdown. Some Middle Eastern governments have released prisoners as part of their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, while others have ignored pressure to do so. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Pandemic worsens plight of Middle East prisoners
Egyptian men wearing masks wait outside a centre of non-governmental organisation Egyptian Food Bank to receive cartons with foodstuffs on April 05, 2020, as the charity distributes aid to people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis, in the Egyptian capital Cairo. - The large Cairo-based charity organisation EFB has been at the forefront of a public relief effort in the most populous Arab country, where one third of the population of over 100 million lives in poverty, surviving on about $1.50 or less a day. virus. Egypt so far has recorded 85 deaths out of 1,322 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 illness. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)

Coronavirus: Burial of Egyptian doctor triggers protest
Workers of Egyptian non-governmental organisation Egyptian Food Bank prepare cartons with foodstuffs to distribute to people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis, in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on April 05, 2020. - The large Cairo-based charity organisation EFB has been at the forefront of a public relief effort in the most populous Arab country, where one third of the population of over 100 million lives in poverty, surviving on about $1.50 or less a day. virus. Egypt so far has recorded 85 deaths out of 1,322 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 illness. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)

Virus pandemic deals heavy blow to Egypt working poor
This picture taken on March 10, 2020 shows the A-Sara Nile cruise ship docked in Egypt's southern city of Luxor, where 45 suspected COVID-19 coronavirus disease cases were detected and evacuated two days earlier. - Just when Egypt's crucial tourism sector was recovering from years of political tumult and jihadist attacks, the industry finds itself bracing for a potential buffeting by the new coronavirus. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Coronavirus poses new threat to Egypt economy
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India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference against the backdrop of a picture of Gautam Adani, at his party headquarters in New Delhi on November 21, 2024. -AFP
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