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2020 dawns in Egypt with viral video of mob harassing women

Footage of a mob harassing two women during a New Year's Eve celebration went viral in Egypt.
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Videos depicting an Egyptian mob sexually harassing women in the first hours of the new year have drawn widespread public anger, but the attackers have managed to escape.

The videos, which went viral on social media last week, show two women being harassed by a group of young men in the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo. Egypt has long struggled with harassment of women on the streets and many similar incidents took place during the January 25 Revolution. 

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