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Egyptian women shout slogans during a protest in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square to denounce the military's attacks on women and to call for an immediate end to the violence against protesters on December 20, 2011
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011

Open quoteThe girls of Egypt are here.Close quote

  • FEMALE DEMONSTRATORS,
  • chanting in Cairo's Tahrir Square, demanding the end of military rule; thousands of women joined in protest after videos of soldiers beating female demonstrators were shown around the world
Photo: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP / Getty Images | Source: New York Times