Browse Items (80 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Tags: single person per image of 2 Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Azza Lina Geoushy Badreya Lina Geoushy Enaiat Lina Geoushy Saadeya Lina Geoushy Noha Lina Geoushy Wafaa Lina Geoushy 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 Hala Nammr / 54 years old, Once I bought a very nice dress that I liked. After I bought it and tried it at home again, I immediately took it off and gave it to my daughter because I realized that I will not be able to wear it in Cairo. The dress was backless and I knew I will not feel comfortable wearing it, unless I was in a country other than Egypt. In a different place, I would wear it without hesitation. Roger Anis Hala Nammr / 54 years old, Once I bought a very nice dress that I liked. After I bought it and tried it at home again, I immediately took it off and gave it to my daughter because I realized that I will not be able to wear it in Cairo. The dress was backless and I knew I will not feel comfortable wearing it, unless I was in a country other than Egypt. In a different place, I would wear it without hesitation. 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 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 29, 2019 photo, Zahra, right, looks at Yolanda the baby goat in Umm Yasser's home, in Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 29, 2019 photo, Umm Yasser, closes the windows of her home, in Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in 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 In this March 29, 2019 photo, Umm Yasser poses for a photograph on a trek in the mountains near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 29, 2019 photo, Umm Yasser, guides tourists on a trek in the mountains near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 29, 2019 photo, a Korean tourist poses for a photograph for her friend on a trek in the mountains near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 30, 2019 photo, Egyptian Bedouin from the Hamada tribe and one of the first female guides, Aicha plays the flute for tourists on a trek in the mountains, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 29, 2019 photo, an Egyptian 21-year-old student looks at the water remains from a waterfall in the mountains near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty In this March 29, 2019 photo, a Bedouin girl holds plants she picked for her mother in the mountains near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty Untitled Sabry Khaled Untitled Sabry Khaled Untitled Sabry Khaled Untitled Sabry Khaled 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 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 I choose my path. I want to make different choices than my mother made, but her voice still resonates in my ears, "See, I told you, you will not be able to do it." Heba Khalifa As I am about to get married, I fear being bound by the institution of marriage, repeating my mum's history, losing my independence, losing the spark and living a life that revolves around housekeeping. Heba Khalifa 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 "If we are going to marry, you need to get plastic surgery." Heba Khalifa 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 In my house, I cannot go out as I want, cannot call whomever I want, am not allowed to learn music. I feel I am just something on the shelf at home. Heba Khalifa I have had horrible headaches since I was seven. At my new school, mates rejected the dark skinned intruder who thought about things differently. I hated being different – inside and out. Heba Khalifa I cannot see well, and my friends used to call me "the girl with four eyes." As a result I grew up feeling I can neither see nor be seen by the world. Heba Khalifa I wait for my period. Although it is something I dislike very much, having my period means that I am not pregnant and I won't have to go through another abortion here in Egypt. I don't even want to imagine this situation in this country. It scares me to death. Heba Khalifa I have spent my whole life trying to love myself. My body is heavy. I am detached from my soul. I am in the desert in my own home, empty of intimacy and feeling. 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