Life & Society
In recent years, time and again, the expression “Egyptian family values” has surged across social media and echoed in courtrooms by prosecutors and defense lawyers alike. It has become a flashpoint in public discourse without an agreed‑upon definition that captures what these values actually entail. Egyptian law’s provisions against “attacking” or “violating” family values have been used to prosecute social media content creators for allegedly “indecent” behavior online. The crackdown began in 2020 with the arrest of Haneen Hossam, a…
