This story kind of died, which I think is really disturbing. It seems, either the Egyptian Government’s official denials are working or people don’t think it’s newsworthy. How is it not newsworthy? Shows where the mass media’s priorities lie.
An alleged mob attack on women during last week’s Islamic holiday has escalated into a political fight involving President Hosni Mubarak’s government.
Witnesses accuse police of doing nothing to protect the women as they walked on a downtown street, and democracy activists have cited the controversy as a sign that Egypt is mismanaged and corrupt.
But the government has accused the bloggers who publicised the incident of defaming the country, and some police officials have said there is no evidence that anything happened.
A handful of internet bloggers, who said they either witnessed or spoke with eyewitnesses in downtown Cairo the nights of October 23 and 24, reported that women of all ages and styles of dress were attacked by crowds of men and boys who groped them and tore their clothes, trying to remove them.
November 7, 2006 at 4:47 am
What an outrageous cover-up! This really shows the importance of blog media in new journalism and the importance of getting alternative perspectives out there.
Friend spent a month in China and she didn’t even know about the Amish school shootings- it wasn’t reported.
She said the weird thing was that the state media- doesn’t report anything- murders, incarcerations, tortures, truths, anything- so the people don’t even know anything is wrong and have even lost the language for protest or (very 1984).
Everything is A-OK. Scary.
FREEEE PRESSSSSS………………the internet- it know no bounds….
November 7, 2006 at 4:47 am
What an outrageous cover-up! This really shows the importance of blog media in new journalism and the importance of getting alternative perspectives out there.
Friend spent a month in China and she didn’t even know about the Amish school shootings- it wasn’t reported.
She said the weird thing was that the state media- doesn’t report anything- murders, incarcerations, tortures, truths, anything- so the people don’t even know anything is wrong and have even lost the language for protest or (very 1984).
Everything is A-OK. Scary.
FREEEE PRESSSSSS………………the internet- it know no bounds….
September 6, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Egypt has a dark history of bad attitudes towards women. Several UN studies have found that between 85 and 95% of women have been circumcised, for example. The brilliant ‘Yacoubian Building’ book (later a film) gives a great outline of the low-level sexual harrasment Egypt women get everyday. And many western women visiting the country can attest that they are viewed as lesser creatures.
September 6, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Egypt has a dark history of bad attitudes towards women. Several UN studies have found that between 85 and 95% of women have been circumcised, for example. The brilliant ‘Yacoubian Building’ book (later a film) gives a great outline of the low-level sexual harrasment Egypt women get everyday. And many western women visiting the country can attest that they are viewed as lesser creatures.