Browse Items (15 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Tags: not depicting women Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Amria Mortada / 33 years old, I'm a tomboy. I feel it's more suitable for my character. I don't have any dresses, but every now and then I dream of wearing one and I end up becoming afraid of doing so because I fear the streets. So, I decided not to buy any. I bought a pair of pants, which seemed very normal to me but I was surprised when I got harassed verbally while wearing them. I never understood why this happened, but I was annoyed and was even shocked to know that it happened because of the colour of my pants. In the street, a girl becomes like merchandise, people are allowed to look at her as if she is displayed in a shop. Honestly, I'm still traumatized of what happened to me while wearing these pants and I decided since then never to wear it again. I I don't have the energy to stand against those who harass me. Roger Anis Fatima Ali / 25 years old, Going out of my house is such an adventure that I go through every day and I'm ready for it. There is not a single time that I go out in the street without being harassed but it never stopped me from wearing what I like. I believe I'm different and I know that people see me as different and I'm working on letting them respect that I'm different. I got a lot of harassment because of my skin colour; I always hear sexual suggestive because I'm black, which doesn't really annoy me. Yet, one of the things that really annoys me is when someone spits on me because of my skin colour, which already happened a lot of times. The hardest situation I had to go through was when I was walking in the street in Downtown and a child with his mom shouted at me: "Hey you black girl with dirty hair." I had my Rastas and responded to his mother saying that it would be good if you teach him how to behave, but then they gathered around me and started beating me. They repeated harassing and annoying me so many times afterwards and it started to annoy me because I was passing by the same street where they also live, but still I refuse to respond to violence with violence. All of this happened only because I had Rasta dreadlocks, which was strange for society. Some time later after this incident I shaved my head, but people still annoy me in the street because of my skin colour. 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 In this March 30, 2019 photo, shows the kitchen in Umm Yasser's home in Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 30, 2019 photo, shows remains of a car used to as a base for shelter in 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 In this March 30, 2019 photo, Ben Hoffler, co-founder of the Sinai Trail, takes photographs on a trek in the mountains, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty This March 30, 2019 photo, shows the scenery on a trek, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty Untitled Heba Khalifa Untitled Heba Khalifa Untitled Mohamed Ali Eddin Young anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square prepare to move off to a larger demo several miles away on the hills at Mokattam Gary Calton Anti-government supporters clash with Muslim Brotherhood supporters (in foreground) during a demonstration at the Brotherhood Mokattam HQ Gary Calton Anti-government protesters run as shots ring out and missiles fly during an ambush on the marchers by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The demonstrators were on their way to join a bigger protest outside the Muslim Brotherhood‘s new HQ in Mokattam Gary Calton Anti-government protesters pick their way through a dust storm en route to a demonstration outside the Muslim Brotherhood HQ in a housing district at Mokattam Gary Calton Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Tags: not depicting women Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
