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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
One of the main social issues that has preoccupied the Egyptian psyche in the first two months of 2022 has been whether its okay to assault your wife. Women’s rights advocates have been outraged at the subject re-emerging by talk show host Amr Adeeb, but is nonetheless proof that, for some Egyptians, the question of violence trumps the provision of equal opportunities, empowerment and rights. “Based on the statistics of the National Council for Women, about eight million women are at risk of domestic violence annually, with up to 86% of wives may face different forms of spousal abuse” In his s…