Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready A young woman has been murdered in Egypt after turning down a marriage proposal from a 29-year-old man from the village of Toukh Tanbesha in Menoufia Governorate in the Nile Delta, underscoring an ongoing tragedy in the country: violence against women and the authorities’ failure to prevent it happening. Ahmed Fathi Amerirah shot Amani Abdul Karim, 19, on Saturday and then reportedly turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. Amani is the third female murder victim in Egypt in just three months – each was murdered after refusing to marry the killer. “What happened is not just an ordinary crime, it is a new crime of violence against women, and … Continue reading Third femicide in Egypt in 3 months after young woman says ‘no’ to marriage proposal