Browse Items (218 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map of 5 Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Untitled Monia Lippi Untitled Monia Lippi Untitled Monia Lippi Untitled Monia Lippi Umm Malek and Malek – Qalanfil, Delta of Egypt Umm Malek lives in a small muslim village in the Delta of Egypt. She got circumcised at 10 years old and remains profoundly scared by the trauma of that day. « You can easily forget what you’ve eaten on that day, or how the weather was. But you can’t forget the trauma, the pain… » Malek is now fully conscient of the long term consequences of such practice on her mental health as well as in her married woman’s intimate life. « What we tend to ignore is that many divorces happen because of that barbarian practice. Women and men come become unsatisfied, it leads to a lot of frustration and anger. ». After giving birth to a daughter, she started attending awareness sessions lead by a local NGO in a nearby village. The consequences she was facing herself combined to these sessions convinced her for good that she couldn’t perpetrate that practice on her daughter. « I simply couldn’t inflict such misery to my own daughter. I want her to be happily married. » At first, women of her village pressured her to circumcise Malek, threatening that she would never get her daughter married if she didn’t. « But I took these women to the awareness sessions with me, and since then, five of them decided to not cut their daughters ! » Chloe Sharrock This March 30, 2019 photo, shows the scenery on a trek, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty This April 1, 2019 photo, shows a plant called "Hammora" which Bedouin women use as red lipstick from the root, found in Abu Zenima, South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty They called me "mother of the unborn" in my hometown because I am sterile. I tried a lot and waited for many years. In my lifetime, the only birth I witnessed was my own. Heba Khalifa Sohyl et sa mère Denis Dailleux Shaban et sa mère Denis Dailleux Sarwat et sa mère Denis Dailleux Samah, Imbaba, Cairo Amélie Losier Sabry Khaled Photographer Saadeya Lina Geoushy Roger Anis Photographer Rawiya, Tunis el Fayoum Amélie Losier Rasmia Ahmed Emam was 17 when she was married to a 50-year-old stranger. Not an uncommon fate for an Egyptian woman but Rasmia‘s family had been conned. She had been married to a Saudi sex tourist who left her and the country after two weeks. „My life is over. Everyone thinks I am a prostitute and my only option in life is to become one. But I will not do that.“ Gary Calton Ramy et sa mère Denis Dailleux noura, imbaba, cairo Amélie Losier Noha Lina Geoushy Nobody thinks about how technology frees people to express themselves, to love and to be loved; how a girl who has made peace with her body can give confidence to a girl on another continent, even if just a little bit. Heba Khalifa Nariman El-Mofty Photographer Nadia, Madinet el Salam, Cairo Amélie Losier Nada, Downtown, Cairo Amélie Losier My mother wants me to do everything exactly like her, according to her way. It makes me feel that she sees me only as an extension for her body. Heba Khalifa My grandmother made curtains by hand. They were suitable for her. But not for me. Heba Khalifa My father was away, always traveling. The last time I met my ex-boyfriend, I realized how much he resembles my dad. I also realized that when I loved him, I was trying to forgive my father. Heba Khalifa Monia Lippi Photographer Mona, Ibaba, Cairo Amélie Losier Mohamed et sa mère Denis Dailleux Mohamed et sa mère Denis Dailleux Mohamed et sa mère Denis Dailleux Mohamed Ali Eddin Photographer Michael et sa mère Denis Dailleux May, Maadi, Cairo Amélie Losier Marsa and Barbara Anna –El Bashra, Upper Egypt Marsa also comes from a Coptic community, where circumcision is still widely spread. When she was inflicted with FGM at a young age, she suffered from severe bleeding, and had to remain in bed for more than a week. Complications such as infections, HIV or severe bleedings are common in such rurale areas where FGM is practiced with non sterilized razor blades or knives. Tales of women being told to sit in buckets of hot water to heal the wound is also regularly recalled, attesting of the absolute lack of medical attention these young girls receive. While growing up, Marsa couldn’t get rid of the trauma and the fear of that event. Thankfully, women in her village were slowly giving up on that tradition following the public discourses of the local priest taking position against that practice. Chloe Sharrock Mariana, Yoanna and Febroina – Mallawi, Upper Egypt Mariana was circumcised on the same day as her sister and a dozen of young girls taken to the same house, one day after school. There, they were circumcised one after the other by a local da’ya (a village midwife). « Everybody was screaming, some girls tried running away… It was absolutely awful, and we weren’t even told what was happening except that it was for our own good ! » But a decade ago, Father Aghethaton, the coptic priest of the village, started militating against that practice. Through preaches at the church, awareness sessions and discussions with the mothers of the village, he slowly started eradicating that practice. His successor is now following his path, while almost half of the women of that community has supposedly abandoned the practice. Social pressure and religious arguments are often the two main barriers to the eradication of FGM. Chloe Sharrock Mahmoud et sa mère Denis Dailleux Mahmoud et sa mère Denis Dailleux Mahmoud et sa mère Denis Dailleux Mahmoud et sa mère Denis Dailleux Lina Geoushy Photographer Karoline Kamel / 29 years old, I changed all my style and the way I'm wearing clothes just to walk around the streets. I started to wear loose fitting clothes so that I feel comfortable and secure in the street and I convinced myself that I love this style even if I'm not a big fan of it. Recently, I started to ride a bicycle in the streets of Cairo, and for those who have visited Cairo can imagine how horrible and hard it is to move with a bike in the street, whether because of traffic, the harassment or the looks. Despite all these hardships, I still insist on riding my bike. To do this, of course, I have to wear loose fitting clothes, but I still dream of wearing whatever I want, like shorts and a nice shirt and move freely in the streets. Roger Anis Karoline Kamel / 29 years old, I changed all my style and the way I'm wearing clothes just to walk around the streets. I started to wear loose fitting clothes so that I feel comfortable and secure in the street and I convinced myself that I love this style even if I'm not a big fan of it. Recently, I started to ride a bicycle in the streets of Cairo, and for those who have visited Cairo can imagine how horrible and hard it is to move with a bike in the street, whether because of traffic, the harassment or the looks. Despite all these hardships, I still insist on riding my bike. To do this, of course, I have to wear loose fitting clothes, but I still dream of wearing whatever I want, like shorts and a nice shirt and move freely in the streets. Roger Anis Karema, 19, who was forced to undergo female genital circumcision aged 13. Her mother bribed a doctor to perform the procedure without anaesthetic. Although both FGM and underage marriage are presently illegal, they are widespread across the country. An estimated three quarters of females aged from 12 upwards have been subjected to FGM. The present government has indicated FGM is a „family matter“ and proposes to reduce the legal age of marriage from 18 to 13 Gary Calton Islam et sa mère Denis Dailleux Irine and Monika – El Bashra, Upper Egypt Irine comes from a small Coptic village in Upper Egypt. She was circumcised one day after school, when she was 12 years old. She doesn’t have much memories of it, but says she’s still deeply traumatized by the violence of the event. She got married at a young age, and gave birth to six kids. Two of them died during the delivery. Consequences of FGM are indeed going way beyond psychological trauma, since obstetrical complications can occur to the victims, such as post-partum hemorrhage, need of episiotomy, tearing of the tissues or flesh, while the rate of death among new born babies is higher. After the birth of her first daughter, she had long discussions with her husband about FGM. « He actually supported my choice, I think he understood it didn’t have anything to do with religion and could only arm Moneka. His family, however, didn’t accept our choice, and still pressure us today. » Chloe Sharrock Inside the Ezbet Khairallah district. Young women are scared that their rights will be stripped away by conservative forces in post-revolution Egypt Gary Calton In this March 31, 2019 photo, Umm Yasser poses for a photograph in her home in Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 31, 2019 photo, an Egyptian student borrows a Bedouin wedding dress to pose for a photograph with Bedouin men from the Hamada tribe, in Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map of 5 Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
