By Nada Deyaa’, Daily News Egypt A girl’s wedding night is believed to be the happiest in her life. However, the journey leading up to that night in Egypt could lead to it being the complete opposite. In a photograph, a bride appears in her wedding dress wears large earrings, shaped like a price tag, with “Only in Egypt” written on it. Ahmed Fouda, a photographer, wished to depict that ways in which he believe the marriage process in Egypt has become entirely materialistic, often amounting to no more than a transaction. The picture is a part of the “Anti-trafficking of women” campaign, which aims to prevent all types of violence against women in Egypt. Through many portraits, the campaign aims to show the forms of exploitation and trafficking that women are subjected to in Egypt. The campaign is organised by the Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) fighting crime against women, and is a part of the international campaign “16 days of activism”. The campaign features several forms of harassment that women face in Egypt, such as sexual harassment experience by housemaids at the…
