Nick Turse
“The last thing I remember before the riot police surrounded me was punching a man who had groped me. Who the hell thinks of copping a feel as you’re taking shelter from bullets?” Bruised but defiant: Mona Eltahawy on her assault by Egyptian security forces Mona Eltahawy’s tweets about her assault in Cairo made global headlines. Here she tells her full, extraordinary story for the first time

“The last thing I remember before the riot police surrounded me was punching a man who had groped me. Who the hell thinks of copping a feel as you’re taking shelter from bullets?”

Bruised but defiant: Mona Eltahawy on her assault by Egyptian security forces

Mona Eltahawy’s tweets about her assault in Cairo made global headlines. Here she tells her full, extraordinary story for the first time

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