Several hundred women gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for International Women’s Day on Tuesday, demanding equal rights in a “new Egypt.” But the event–part celebration, part demonstration–soon turned violent when throngs of men arrived to harass the women. As a U.S. Fulbright fellow in Egypt, I was able to digitally record what happened (video below). […]
Author: Lauren E. Bohn
Fulbrighter in Egypt, multimedia journalist, NYU/Medill alum, bibliophile, news geek, always curious/quirky globetrotter.