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CAIRO, Aug 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Radwa, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman, said her blood ran cold when her ex-boyfriend threatened to send nude photographs of her to her parents in revenge for their break-up.
In socially conservative Egypt, the sharing of intimate images can have dire consequences for victims - from public shame to being thrown out of their homes.
“I was so terrified. I was slowly dying because of this,” Radwa, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Egyptian women find help online to fight sextortion threats
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CAIRO, Aug 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Radwa, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman, said her blood ran cold when her ex-boyfriend threatened to send nude photographs of her to her parents in revenge for their break-up.
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