By Mohamed Khairat, Founder, EgyptianStreets.com “Harassment of women in the streets is usually the girl’s fault.” Those were the words that a young school boy confidently said in a widely shared video by Dignity Without Borders. In the video, school boys spoke about their thoughts on sexual harassment: and the result, while shocking, was a reflection of Egypt’s society. Today, Dignity Without Borders, in a campaign to end ‘sexual terrorism,’ has released a new video of young school girls sharing their experiences and opinions on the sexual harassment endemic. Watch the revealing footage below. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcudGDgTGVo] To learn more about the outrageous responses and the sad reality that many of Egypt’s women and girls face, Egyptian Streets interviewed 26-year-old María S.Muñoz. María, a Founder at Dignity Without Borders (DWB), arrived in Egypt four years ago to study at the American University of Cairo. What did those, arguably unbelievable, video interviews with the young school boys and girls reveal to you? Are you worried about what they said? María: As you know, we did two videos: in the first one we interviewed boys at a public school in Cairo. In the second…
