The fight against sexual harassment in Egypt and Omar Sharif enters the world stage
Published: September 20, 2025
Duration: 59:58
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all with an Egyptian theme.
We find out more about the 2014 fight against sexual harassment. And we hear from Professor Nicola Pratt, an expert on Middle East feminism about the significance of that moment in the fight for women's rights.
Also, we go to the 1960s when antiquities were saved to make way for the Aswan High Dam on the River Nile. And recollections from Egypt's first free democratic presidential election in 2012. Plus, the woman who broke the convention of the role of a...