In , Moselhy, the lawyer, took the matchmaker "Ousha" and her accomplices to court — a total of eleven persons. They received prison sentences ranging from six months to 18 years. The charge was human trafficking. Yet, business hardly suffered as a result. There are no official figures, but NGOs estimate that thousands of men continue to come to Egypt each year in the search for a summer bride.
Howeida has since abandoned the business. She still lives with her father and step-mother. Especially my father. Why did he allow this to happen? In real terms, however, her fate is sealed. As a former summer bride, she is no longer regarded as a "respectable woman. Hisham's Palace in the West Bank was recently renovated and is now opening to the public. Palestinians hope it will draw tourists.
By Sarah Hucal. Skip to main content. Hundreds of under-age Egyptian girls enter temporary marriages with rich tourists from the Persian Gulf during the summer in return for money for their families. These unions — dubbed summer marriages — are not legally binding and end when the foreigners return to their own countries. Marriage contracts found in any bookshop The paperwork for such summer marriages is quickly dealt with: marriage contracts can be found in any bookshop.
Such temporary marriages constitute a form of prostitution in Egypt. Extramarital sex is forbidden in Islam. Sex — even with minors — is made possible and legal, however, through this quick and easy form of marriage, for which no official form of registration is required.
Lawyer Ahmed Moselhy is fighting to put a stop to the practice. He also advises NGOs in cases of prostitution and human trafficking. First women's film festival in Cairo: Between passing love and prostitution. In contrast to Egypt or Yemen, where it went out of its way Racism exists in the Arab world.
People with dark skin are discriminated against and often see their rights curtailed. Activists have had enough of such treatment and are starting General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has declared a state of emergency in Sudan and dissolved the Sovereign Council, which was made up of military personnel and civilians. What will now Sex education in the Arab world Let's talk about sex, habibi! So they prefer to come here," says club manager Sami Nasherti, crowing that Leil is the only club to have received five stars from Egypt's Tourism Ministry.
Leil provides "everything they like," he adds. At just past midnight, the crowds have only started to trickle in for the eight-hour program of belly dancers and singers at Leil. Nasherti says the clients don't buy much alcohol but bring expensive foreign spirits, available only in the duty-free shops, with them.
Unlike the grittier clubs on the strip that cater to men, Leil serves "mainly families," Nasherti says. But even with five stars and a dedicated second level for families, Leil still represents the two sides of the "Arab Season. Two women in the bathroom, when asked, say vaguely that they are working. In the large mirror, they give a final once over to their sparkling lipstick, long strands of fake hair, and tight, midriff-baring clothing, then head out into the dark main room where the entertainment is under way and the seats are reserved for single men.
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Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer. Search for:. Monitor Daily Current Issue. A Christian Science Perspective. Monitor Movie Guide. Monitor Daily. Photos of the Week. You've read of free articles. And he quickly made it clear she floundered at the job: she was unable to demand payment and allowed men to do whatever they liked.
It was an ugly tale. Even worse, the girl had disappeared and Ahmed hadn't heard from her in months, until that morning on Facebook. That started a conversation about prostitution in Cairo, which they all said had blossomed following the revolution.
Prostitution in Egypt is a good indicator of wealth inequality. I found that not only does prostitution seem to have expanded following the revolution, it appears to have settled into stark social and economic layers. When young men don't earn enough to get married, physical intimacy with women in their network of friends is out of the question.
If a young man wants to have sex, he can go to a prostitute. These days, the least expensive girls are Egyptians who frequent certain coffee shops and apartments dedicated to that purpose.
My friends at the hotel explained that its selection of prostitutes is far beneath the Marriott 's, where foreigners stay and have their pick of beauties in the hotel's casino. That is indeed what I saw when I went to the Marriott. After about an hour of playing nickel slots, I managed to cash out the 20 bucks I'd put in the machine and leave with a good sense of the place. Running the spectrum of hair color and body types, a floating array of available females mingled about and seemed available to whomever might be interested.
One would saunter past a man, stop, turn her back to him, and look over her shoulder for eye contact before moving on. A handful sat at the bar, mostly in pairs, before one drifted off to be replaced by another.
In a set of chairs to the side of the casino entrance sat a younger, better-dressed pool of girls. They were different: they had arrived with men on the casino floor or they simply belonged in a different price range. I left and went to the restaurant down the hall to wait for my ride. Inside the Billiard Bar, I thought, was the wife of a gambler or a guest of the hotel.
She was the only one in the place aside from the bartender, and it didn't occur to me anyone would be working the empty room. But I was wrong. After a few minutes she was at my table saying yes, she worked at the hotel. Over her most recent bottle of Stella, "Megan" asked me how much I'd pay for a night out with an American girl at a nightclub.
Looking at my watch and wondering where my driver was, I said, "One hundred dollars. She threw her arms in the air, brushed black hair from her face and leveled her green eyes at me. I told her it was true, that I was a poor American who wasn't even staying in the hotel.
Unsure if I was being serious or simply negotiating, she ordered a shot of tequila and I filled in some blanks.
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