2. About me
• I’m a junior at MSUM
• I’ve lived in this area my entire life
• Huge into the music scene around the Fargo-Moorhead
area
• Favorite past times include photography, road trips, and
good times with friends
4. About Egypt
• Has been a civiliation since around 3200 B.C
• Capital: Cairo
• Current population: 86,895,099 as of July 2014
• Muslim religion the predominant of the population
• Official language is Arabic
5. Egyptian Government
• A Republic nation
• Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches
• Requires election of leaders
• Current unemployment rate: 13.4% of the
population as of 2013
6. Egyptian Revolution
• Uprisings began in December 2010 when a man set
himself on fire in Cairo
• Many Egyptian youth groups began demonstrating
against “poverty and government oppression
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
• Protests became increasingly violent
• Female protesters were beaten by police
• Women had a “central role” in the revolution
7. Women’s Rights in Egypt
• In 2013, a study found that Egypt was ranked worst
in the Arab world for women’s rights
• 99.3% of both female children and adults are
“subjected to sexual harrassment (Trust)”
• Female genital mutilation is prevalent in Egypt- 91%
of females
• Most of any country in the world
8. Women and Religion
• Due to the predominantly Muslim religion in Egypt,
women must follow the traditional Muslim ideals
• Traditionally, Muslim women should dress modestly
• Some may wear hijabs (head scarves)
• Dresses cover most of the body
• Over the last few decades women have been given
more freedom but they still have quite a way to go
9. Recent News on Egyptian
Women
• Late August 2014, an Egyptian extremist cleric,
Osama al-Qusi, declared it was completely okay for
men to spy on women, essentially believing peeping
Toms are okay.
• Al-Qusi as far as saying it’s okay to spy on women in
the shower as long as the Peeping Tom intends on
marrying the women he is spying on.
• On a positive note, most other Muslim scholars
condemned al-Qusi’s comments.
