Morning after the massacre, Rabaa Al Adawiya Mosque, Cairo July 8 2013. Photo Mai Shaheen (Al Ahram Online)
Supporters of Egypt’s military coup are far too willing to dismiss and dehumanize their opponents, even as the situation tilts toward a bloodbath, writes Egyptian journalist Sarah Carr in Mada Masr.
Before I begin, let me state some facts, so that when people begin the ad hominem attacks they can try to rein them in within the following boundaries:
Graffiti Mira Shihadeh and El Zeft, Photo Mia Grondahl
In this blog post addressed to other victims, a woman describes in excruciating detail her rape at the hands of a huge mob of men at a revolutionary demonstration. Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the central stage of the country’s ongoing revolution, has been the scene of numerous mob rapes and sexual assaults.
This is my story, one like many other women's stories. It is the story of what happened to me-and what happened to you. You and I know how it was: death came near, though it didn't arrive.
