Ripe with youth and determination, a nine-year-old Egyptian girl became the youngest to file sexual harassment documents against her abuser in Egypt earlier in August. Bittersweet as it may be, this feat marks a furious stride forward for Egypt’s blooming #MeToo movement, and its relentless journey to reinforce safety and security as a human right. This revolution of identity and feminist narratives may have seen first-traction at the Fairmont, but has now taken itself hundreds of kilometers eastward to El-Alamien – where one little girl made history. As reported by Honna El Watan News and according to the girl’s own father, the story begins deceptively benign: a young girl and her seven-year-old sister were playing at an indoor kid’s area in the El-Alamein, North Coast district. They were accompanied by a staff member, one otherwise tasked with looking out for children as they went about their play. Tossing a rubber ball back and forth between them, the girls and their friends became increasingly aware of this stranger; whenever the ball neared him, the caretaker would shoot it off to the side, forcing the elder of the two siblings to chase…
