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This is about Nadia, who at one time in her life dressed as a boy, because passing as a boy would grant her more freedom in society. Nadia couldn’t use her real name because by doing so she would be publicly shamed. While Egypt gives women equal rights by law, the society and specifically the family, impose their own rules on girls, believing it preserves female dignity. Nadia’s story is unique and helps tell the story of the lengths that some girls and women will go to bypass the limitations of their female form in public.
كان الجميع يعلّقون على تطوّر ملامح جسمي وكيف أصحبت أنثى. كرهت الأمر وكنت أظنه حسناً.
بمرور الوقت، وبعد تعرضي للإيذاء الجنسي كطفلة، ثم التحرش الجنسي في الشارع، شعرت كما لو كنت على خطأ، وأنه ينبغي عليّ التخلّص من جسدي.
صُودرت دراجتي، ولم أستطع ركوبها ثانيةٌ، لما قد تبعثه للآخرين من إيحاءات جنسية قد يظنون أنني أرغب بها.
إذا اكتشفوا حقيقة أني فتاة سيظنون أنني مثلية، أو فاسقة تودّ الاختلاط بالشباب. عواقب ذلك لا يمكن توقعها.
اعتدت التسكّع في شوارع المنصورة في الثالثة فجراً متنكرة في ثياب شاب. كان ذلك رائعاً. كان شعوراً بالانعتاق.
Sima Diab is a freelance photographer from Syria based in Cairo, Egypt. Her work focuses on features and documentaries on the social conditions of the Arab diaspora and the Arab World. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, LA Times, Buzzfeed News, NRC Handelsblad, The Daily Telegraph, The Globe and Mail, and other publications. Her work has been in group exhibitions in the UK, Italy, the US and Spain. Website
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Sima Diab is a freelance photographer from Syria based in Cairo, Egypt. Her work focuses on features and documentaries on the social conditions of the Arab diaspora and the Arab World. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, LA Times, Buzzfeed News, NRC Handelsblad, The Daily Telegraph, The Globe and Mail, and other publications. Her work has been in group exhibitions in the UK, Italy, the US and Spain. Website
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