Yasmin El-Rifae’s Radius

El-Rifae’s book Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution tells the story of a movement that mobilized in Egypt to protect female protesters from mob sexual attacks in 2012 and 2013. Based on interviews with friends and comrades, the book explores memory, truth, gender, violence, political organizing, trauma, and possible futures.Show NotesYou can order the book directly from @VersoBooks.Read an excerpt at Granta.The book launches October 24 in New York City; there will also be events in Philadelphia and D.C. Follow Yasmin for updates about more events at @yasminelrifae.More writing by Yasmin El-Rifae is available on Mada Masr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.