Fab Female: Noha Rushdi Saleh
Today’s Fab Female is Noha Rushdi Saleh (aka, Noha Ostadh). Why? I’ll tell you why.
One day, Noha was walking down the streets of Cairo, minding her own business, when a man named Sharif Gommaa drove up to her and slowly followed alongside her. This alone is pretty creepy. But Sharif was gunning for Creep of the Year at the time, so he repeatedly groped her as well. He just kept bothering her and bothering her, until finally Noha was like, Uh uh…that’s it…I’ve had enough.
So you know what she did? She brought Sharif to the police station to file a complaint. Hmm. Perhaps “brought” isn’t the right word. Because what ended up happening was an hour-long struggle as Noha literally dragged her attacker to the police station. My guess is that Sharif put up a fight because he had better things to do than to go to a police station. The life of a sexual harasser, you see, is filled with pressing social engagements.
Did I mention that this was in Egypt? Where a survey by the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights showed that:
But surely it can’t be that bad. How could it be that bad? Well, just to give you an idea of what Noha had to deal with, not only did witnesses tell her NOT to go to the police, but they also told her it was HER fault. And and aaaaand…when Noha finally managed to get Sharif through the door of the police station, the police initially REFUSED to investigate. Yeah.
In other words, someone put something in Noha’s Wheaties that day because homegirl ain’t playin’!
In the end, Sharif was sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined $895 in damages to Noha. According to Engy Ghozlan of the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights, this is the first known case of prison for groping.
And the moral of this story is? Eat your Wheaties.
Read more about Noha here.
However, I think Noha deserves her won cheering section, because the girl rocks!
Alyssa
October 5, 2009She is definitely a Fab Female, that takes alot of guts. I have never experienced anything as bad as what she did, but I’m sure alot of girls can relate to guys honking their horns when your wallking, or saying inappropriate things, when your just minding your own business. I know not all guys are like that but seriously that has given me an all guys are dogs complex. lol
The fact that she had the guts to drag that creep to the police, ahh… it’s brilliant. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to kick a guys butt for being inappropriate.
By the way Kathy you are soo freakin hilarious, “gunning for creep of the year,” and “homegirl ain’t playin” I was seriously out of breath from laughing