Thursday
09Nov2006
Eid sexual assaults... It happened before!
Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 9:55AM
I received the following message and video from Sherif Sadek, who shot a clip of assaults against women in downtown Cairo in the presence of the police, during the previous Eid el-Adha, January 2006:
I watched the film, and indeed I could see the police car parked aside the road, and the officer did not move to do anything. The same scenario was repeated on a worse scale in the following Eid el-Fitr, October 2006.
Ahlan ya Hossam,
My name is Sherif Sadek. I'm a filmmaker/activist living in New York City.
I have video that I shot last Eid el Adha when I was visiting my family in Cairo of gangs running after girls in Talaat Harb Street. I posted it online on youtube.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2SGamUeMec
Please feel free to post this on your site, whether the link to youtube, or the actual video itself.
There's no sound, and it's about 7 minutes long. It starts with a shot of a "police box" just parked. then you see the crowd looking at something. then two girls come out of the crowd, with a police officer in the front, but way in front, and he clearly doesn't care about this headache. the girls are escorted by some guys trying to take them away, then the crowd (or more like the entire street) runs after them. The turn right on "Ma3rouf Street" to go to a "No2tet Shorta" that's right around the corner.
I watched the film, and indeed I could see the police car parked aside the road, and the officer did not move to do anything. The same scenario was repeated on a worse scale in the following Eid el-Fitr, October 2006.
Reader Comments (6)
The video is only two minutes long Hossam. Is this the whole thing or are there other parts to it?
[...] فيديو جديد لتحرشات وسط البلد التقطه مصور سينمائي مقيم في نيويورك أثناء زيارته للقاهرة في العيد وأرسله الى عرباوي.. لم تكن الصور التي نشرت من قبل للتحرشات بهذه القسوة.. فسرها الكثيرون على أنها شارع مزدحم وأنه قد تحدث بعض الملامسات في الزحام.. شهود العيان من المدونون تعرضوا لضغوط هائلة وحملات من التكذيب والتشويه.. ولكن أعود لأقول، لم تكن الصور بهذه القسوة.. لم توضح هذه الفجاجة.. ولم تصيبني بهذا الذعر [...]
Horrible.. Shocking.. strong.. I posted in my blog in arabic for arabic readers.. Maybe ministry of interior will give up lieing and denying for change!
We need to thank the filmmaker! Chapeau
[...] Filmmaker and activist Sherif Sadek shot a video of gangs running after girls in downtown Cairo when he visited Egypt during the last Eid el Adha (the feast of the sacrifice) in January 2006. So it's now clear that such a thing did happen before. (h/t 3arabawy) [...]
Faisal, I emailed Sherif enquiring about the time length of the film, and it seems there was something funny with the whole uploading process to You Tube. The two mins are what we have for now.
this is the most clear video that shows everything
till now i couldn't imagine the situation and people numbers!
what makes us suddenly turn to buch of animals
with no mercy?