Unleash Your Voice: Q&A with Youssef Hashem March 17, 2021
Reem Abouemera
AUC’s Debate Society, a student-led organization, is holding one of its biggest events yet – discussing the influence of state and society on sexual harassment. Titled Unleash Your Voice, the event is bringing together faculty, students, specialists and actors to engage in a conversation about sexual harassment in Egypt.
During the event, held in a form of a debate, 16 students, in eight teams of two, will debate in four rounds to reach the ultimate conclusion on who has a larger influence on combatting sexual harassment and discrimination – society or state? The three winning teams are to receive EGP 6,000, EGP 4,000 and EGP 2,000, respectively.
Is the media harming women?
At last week s AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series, Do Portrayals of Gender in Media and Film Reflect Reality or Shape It? our online poll showed that 66% believe media portrayals shape reality, while 34% think such portrayals simply reflect reality. There isn t a clear cut answer; it s both, said scriptwriter Tamer Habib, one of the panelists at the event.
Hosting voices from the media and film industries along with students, the debate s participants - in addition to Habib - were Ahmed Dash, actor and integrated marketing communication junior; Amel Fahmy (MA 10), managing director of Tadwein gender research center; and Mervat Abou Oaf ( 88, 02), professor of practice of journalism and mass communication.