On Monday, a police unit arrested a young man in al-Zuk village for his was use of the mobile application WhatsApp to cyber sexually harass a woman. The arrest was made in the West Bank town of Mansoura in the governorate of Dakahlia, and the man was referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Noura SA, a 25-year-old housewife living in Mansoura, filed a complaint against 37-year-old Emad A. M which was handed in to the General Directorate of Information Technology before being transmitted to the police station. The man, who lives in the village of Al-Zouk, was sending the woman messages on her phone containing “inappropriate” words and additional verbal harassment evidenced on the WhatsApp application. The police unit managed to arrest the accused and confiscate his mobile phone, providing them with access to his messages. Upon presentation to the Public Prosecution, he was released after paying a fine of EGP 5,000. What’s happening with sexual harassment? This month, Egyptians have been preoccupied harassment after a video of a man harassing a woman in Cairo’s Fifth Settlement went viral and the murder of a man protecting his wife at a beach. Contrarily to common…
