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My family does not know that I was assaulted. Even with the whole Bret Kavanaugh thing that is going on in the states, there is this [pause] not necessarily blaming, but there is like, “something…

Counselling downstairs, for me, I was like, “I cannot talk about it with someone who is male,” and it ended up being someone who was male [laughing]. […] Now for me, everybody is not same,…

I feel my parents are scared a lot. Because they are a new in the country, they always think that we are going to be victimized or that it is not totally safe, because they…

Participant 1: My complaint is that there should be more information such as the timeframe around this process. For example, when is the victim gonna receive services? Information like that could be helpful. […] Participant…

Participant 1: The first thing that would come to mind for me would be making sure that she is physically alright and in a mental place where they will not cause themselves harm. But yes,…

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What does it take to be an Arab feminist in 2019?

Singh, 2019, July 5

Silent pandemic’: How women in the Middle East and North Africa are threatened online

Allouche, 2020

Commentary: Sexual health and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress or backlash

Ilkkaracan, 2015
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