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She rises, disheveled, out of her makeshift mattress and idly puts her clothes on. He hands her money. No words are exchanged as he leaves. This is not a scene from a movie or an excerpt from a novel, but rather a reality experienced by many Egyptian women who turn to prostitution as a source of income. “I got used to it and the need to earn money makes me disregard everything else,” said Abeer, a saleswoman by morning and…