Television show host Reham Saeed has been under fire from social media users and other media personalities after airing private photographs of a sexual harassment victim and claiming her personal choices warranted the assault. On her show, Sabaya El-Kheir, Saeed interviewed Somaya Tarek on Tuesday after she was harassed and slapped twice by a man at a Heliopolis mall. Tarek attempted to bring the man to justice but police reportedly refused to arrest him because he is known in the area. After listening to Tarek’s account of the altercation, Saeed asked her, “Don’t you think your clothing was somewhat inappropriate for a place like a mall? Maybe your clothes gave the man the impression that you’re not a ‘good girl.’” Saeed took the victim-blaming one step further by later airing private photographs of Tarek wearing a bathing suit on a beach, holding a bottle of alcohol in a car and another photograph that appears to have been taken in Tarek’s bedroom, saying Tarek should not be surprised that she was harassed. While Saeed claimed to have received these photographs through WhatsApp, Tarek said Sabaya El-Kheir’s production team stole the photographs…
Infamous TV Presenter Faces Public Outrage After Airing Pictures of Harrasment Victim
October 29, 2015
