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By Saroj Pathirana
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FGM has been banned in Egypt since 2008, yet the country still has one of the highest rates of the practice in the world.
Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Among some conservative Muslim communities there, women are regarded as unclean and not ready for marriage unless FGM - the deliberate cutting or removal of a female s external genitalia - is performed. Under the law, doctors can be jailed for up to seven years if found guilty of carrying out the procedure, and anyone who requests it faces up to three years in prison.
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It has been 10 years since the Egyptian revolution, which forced President Hosni Mubarak from office. But what has happened since? And are the people who were involved in the revolution satisfied with the ways in which the country has changed? Hanan Razek and Reem Fatthelbab of BBC Arabic have been speaking to former protesters to hear their reflections.
Nepal’s K2 heroes
Nepal is celebrating the success of a team of Nepalese climbers who have become the first to reach the summit of Pakistan s K2 mountain in winter. Krishna Acharya of BBC Nepali tells us about the significance of their achievement, after decades of Nepalese Sherpa mountaineers living in the shadow of the foreign climbers they guide and support.