User:BatoolHMakki/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Mass sexual assault in Egypt


 * Article Evaluation
 * The first thing I noticed about the article is its data on the matter hasn't been updated since 2012. It discusses the brutality in Egypt of gangs of men surrounding women and harassing, as well as raping, them in public and how those acts often end up being used to shame the victim, rather than the perpetrators, because of their gender. To update this information and see whether that was still happening or not, I looked into newer sources that discussed this matter. I found that, just a week ago, an article stated that this type of behavior by men is still not being punished as severely as it should be.
 * An article in the Middle East Monitor states that a famous actor in Egypt was charged with crimes of sexual harassment and "attempted rape of seven women at an acting workshop." However, he was only sentenced to 3 years in prison, and this was seen as unfair by the public. The article also discusses the rise of "serious sexual abuse" cases that are rising in Egypt recently, and how media's negative response is finally forcing and putting pressure on the police to do something about it. Due to this information, I feel it is necessary to edit the wikipedia article and add this piece of information as an updated source to the previous data that is shown about the matter.


 * Sources
 * Egypt: Outcry as Shady Khalaf sentenced to just 3 years in prison for sexual assault and attempted rape

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Feminism in Egypt


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article severely lacks in text citations and its beginning paragraph feels less like a fact and more of crossing the line of being an opinion. Saying that the fight for women's rights in Egypt hasn't been easy without providing a source to back it up feels like a dangerous path to take. So, I decided to search up an article that discusses just how difficult it has been for the fight of women's equality in Egypt. An article written by Amnesty International points out the recent discrimination against women in Egypt, and how Egyptian authorities are "cracking down on women" who have been survivors or victims of inequality and sexual assault, and are punishing them for "speaking out against sexual harassment." They are also charging them on "absurd" counts of "morality or indecency." This article could be an easy addition to the wikipedia article because not only is it recent, but, it helps to show how the fight for women's inequality hasn't been easy without it sounding like an opinion due to it lacking sources.


 * Sources

EU/Egypt: At EU-AU Summit, Europe’s leaders risk legitimizing al-Sisi government’s repression