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Thank you to the people, thank you to Tahrir Square that taught me to challenge, thank you to the revolution that taught me perseverance.

— Samira Ibrahim

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Source: After the Cairo Administrative Court ruled that forced "virginity tests" on female detainees were illegal, Samira Ibrahim thanked the Egyptian people and the revolution for giving her the courage to pursue justice.
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The people will get me my rights.

Justice has been served today. These tests are a crime and also do not comply with the constitution, which states equality between men and women. I will not give up my rights as a woman or a human being.

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Now the Egyptian woman is violated from two sides, one is the military and the other are the Islamists.

I insist on getting my rights and will not leave it, no matter the cost. The future of Egyptian women is in danger.

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