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| Sacked belly-dancing teacher sparks Egypt debate over women's rights | Sacked belly-dancing teacher sparks Egypt debate over women's rights |
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| Aya Youssef said she had returned to work as a teacher on Tuesday | |
| In Egypt, a viral video of a teacher belly-dancing has sparked a national debate about women's rights and the country's socially conservative values. | In Egypt, a viral video of a teacher belly-dancing has sparked a national debate about women's rights and the country's socially conservative values. |
| Aya Yousef was sacked, and divorced by her husband, after she was filmed by a colleague at a work social event on a Nile boat without her permission. | Aya Yousef was sacked, and divorced by her husband, after she was filmed by a colleague at a work social event on a Nile boat without her permission. |
| Footage shows her moving to the music alongside male teaching staff. | Footage shows her moving to the music alongside male teaching staff. |
| Belly-dancing is said to date back to Pharaonic times but it is often frowned upon now for women to dance in public. | Belly-dancing is said to date back to Pharaonic times but it is often frowned upon now for women to dance in public. |
| The video of Ms Yousef, who is wearing a headscarf and a long-sleeved dress for the daytime river trip, looks very tame by Western standards. | |
| Two held in Egypt amid outrage over teen's suicide | Two held in Egypt amid outrage over teen's suicide |
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| Egypt detains female TikTok star after conviction | Egypt detains female TikTok star after conviction |
| However, as it was widely shared on Arab social media in the past week, it prompted an outcry among Egyptian conservatives. | However, as it was widely shared on Arab social media in the past week, it prompted an outcry among Egyptian conservatives. |
| Her critics claimed she had acted shamefully: "It clearly expresses the poor times we live in!! Anything is permitted," wrote one Twitter user. | Her critics claimed she had acted shamefully: "It clearly expresses the poor times we live in!! Anything is permitted," wrote one Twitter user. |
| "Education has reached a low level in Egypt," another commented, calling for intervention by the relevant authorities. | "Education has reached a low level in Egypt," another commented, calling for intervention by the relevant authorities. |
| Ms Yousef was then sacked by the primary school in Dakahlia Governorate in the Nile Delta, where she had worked for several years teaching Arabic. | Ms Yousef was then sacked by the primary school in Dakahlia Governorate in the Nile Delta, where she had worked for several years teaching Arabic. |
| She has vowed she will never dance again and said that she had contemplated suicide during her recent ordeal. | She has vowed she will never dance again and said that she had contemplated suicide during her recent ordeal. |
| "Ten minutes on the boat in the Nile cost me my life," she told journalists. | "Ten minutes on the boat in the Nile cost me my life," she told journalists. |
| This video can not be played | This video can not be played |
| To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. | To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. |
| Five Egyptian women shared their stories of sexual harassment and abuse with BBC Arabic (October 2018) | Five Egyptian women shared their stories of sexual harassment and abuse with BBC Arabic (October 2018) |
| Women's rights advocates in Egypt also spoke out strongly, insisting the teacher did nothing wrong and saying that she was the victim of a witch hunt. | Women's rights advocates in Egypt also spoke out strongly, insisting the teacher did nothing wrong and saying that she was the victim of a witch hunt. |
| In her support and in defence of personal freedoms, the deputy head of another school posted photographs on social media of herself dancing at her daughter's wedding. | In her support and in defence of personal freedoms, the deputy head of another school posted photographs on social media of herself dancing at her daughter's wedding. |
| The head of the Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights, Dr Nihad Abu Qumsan, offered Ms Yousef a job in her office and asked her to bring her contract from the education ministry in order to file a legal complaint against her dismissal. | The head of the Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights, Dr Nihad Abu Qumsan, offered Ms Yousef a job in her office and asked her to bring her contract from the education ministry in order to file a legal complaint against her dismissal. |
| This may have helped prompt a rethink. Local authorities have now appointed Ms Yousef to a position at a new school. | This may have helped prompt a rethink. Local authorities have now appointed Ms Yousef to a position at a new school. |
| The teacher complained the affair was "a transgression of [her] privacy". | The teacher complained the affair was "a transgression of [her] privacy". |
| She pointed out that she did not dance at a public institution or in front of students and said she planned to sue the person who filmed the video last month. | She pointed out that she did not dance at a public institution or in front of students and said she planned to sue the person who filmed the video last month. |