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Egypt: When Virginity is More Important than Murder
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Egypt is gripped with the story of a gruesome murder, in which two university students were killed, in the upscale Sixth of October City’s Sheikh Zayed district. One of the victims is the daughter of Moroccan singer Laila Ghofran. This murder follows in the heels of yet another horrifying crime which claimed the life of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tameem, in Dubai, and in which an Egyptian businessman is accused of hiring a hitman to have her killed.
“Two girls were brutally killed in 6th of October city … But it became the talk of town because one of the victims is the daughter of 3rd degree Moroccan singer called Laila Ghofran,” writes Egyptian Chronicles.And to make the incident more interesting to the readers, some papers started to spread rumors about the victims' lifestyle.Taboohat writes about how the media and society as a whole are dealing with the murder:
كنت اعدة
امام التليÙزيون
Ùرض عليا من امي
وجدتي مشاهدة البيت
بيتك
واللي كانت مستضي٠اللواء معرÙØ´ مين رئيس مباØØ« 6 أكثوبر
واللي اعد ÙŠØكي علي الدلائل المؤكده اللي Ù…Ùيش Øاجة منها مؤكد واللي برضوا انا مش مهتمة بيها هنا
بس بجد اللي صدمني او وخضني هو انهاء الÙقرة بتليÙون من والد نادين واللي عمل Øوار اد كده صدام
نبدأ والد ناين بالسلام عليكم ورØمة الله وبراكاته
ÙˆØشر ÙÙŠ النص ØÙ„Ùان برب الكعبة والصلاة علي النبي والØمد والشكر لوزارة الداخلية ليه عشان اثبتوا براءة وشر٠بنته
…
للØظة نسيت ان البنت اتقتلت ÙˆØسيت انهم بيدورا لها علي عريس
واÙتكرت تاني اما اكمل السيد اللواء ان الطبيب الشرعي اثبت انها بيت بنوت وان كل اصدقاء الاب كانوا بيبركوله ويهنئوا امام النيابة …
بنته طلعت عزراء بجد ..
… ملعون ابوا ده مجتمع اللي خلي كل اللي Ùارق مع اب بينتوا اتقتلت من اسبوع ان بيتوا طلعت عزراء
وملعون ابوا ده مجتمع اللي ØÙŠÙضل ÙŠØاسب البنات علي عزريتها وهي عايشة وهي ميتة
مش مهم انها اتقلت.. المهم انها عزراء
واللي كانت مستضي٠اللواء معرÙØ´ مين رئيس مباØØ« 6 أكثوبر
واللي اعد ÙŠØكي علي الدلائل المؤكده اللي Ù…Ùيش Øاجة منها مؤكد واللي برضوا انا مش مهتمة بيها هنا
بس بجد اللي صدمني او وخضني هو انهاء الÙقرة بتليÙون من والد نادين واللي عمل Øوار اد كده صدام
نبدأ والد ناين بالسلام عليكم ورØمة الله وبراكاته
ÙˆØشر ÙÙŠ النص ØÙ„Ùان برب الكعبة والصلاة علي النبي والØمد والشكر لوزارة الداخلية ليه عشان اثبتوا براءة وشر٠بنته
…
للØظة نسيت ان البنت اتقتلت ÙˆØسيت انهم بيدورا لها علي عريس
واÙتكرت تاني اما اكمل السيد اللواء ان الطبيب الشرعي اثبت انها بيت بنوت وان كل اصدقاء الاب كانوا بيبركوله ويهنئوا امام النيابة …
بنته طلعت عزراء بجد ..
… ملعون ابوا ده مجتمع اللي خلي كل اللي Ùارق مع اب بينتوا اتقتلت من اسبوع ان بيتوا طلعت عزراء
وملعون ابوا ده مجتمع اللي ØÙŠÙضل ÙŠØاسب البنات علي عزريتها وهي عايشة وهي ميتة
مش مهم انها اتقلت.. المهم انها عزراء
I was watching “El Beit Beitak”
talkshow on the television with my mother and grandmother, and they were hosting some police officer who was talking about the crime, but what really grabbed my attention was the conversation he had
on the phone with the parent of one of the victims - Nadine - who after saluting the audiences started to swear in the name of God that his daughter was innocent and that she was living alone and
thanked the Ministry of Interior because they have proved that she was virgin.
And for a moment I forgot that the girl was murdered and thought that they were looking for a groom for her, especially when the officer said that the medical examiner has proved that the girl was virgin, and then all those who knew the victim's parents congratulated them because their daughter is now officially a virgin.
Damn such a society that makes a parent of girl who has just been murdered less than one week ago to care to prove that his daughter was virgin.
Damn such a society that punishes girls based on their virginity, whether they are alive or dead.
It's not important that she has been brutally killed, it's only important that she is still virgin.
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And for a moment I forgot that the girl was murdered and thought that they were looking for a groom for her, especially when the officer said that the medical examiner has proved that the girl was virgin, and then all those who knew the victim's parents congratulated them because their daughter is now officially a virgin.
Damn such a society that makes a parent of girl who has just been murdered less than one week ago to care to prove that his daughter was virgin.
Damn such a society that punishes girls based on their virginity, whether they are alive or dead.
It's not important that she has been brutally killed, it's only important that she is still virgin.
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