“If you want to eat a piece of candy,” the woman said, “would you choose one that is in a wrapper or an unwrapped one?” Eltahawy’s reply: “I’m a woman, not a piece of candy.” A bold response for an encounter with a stranger in a public space in Egypt, and an early glimpse into the life of activism that has culminated in her new book, “Headscarves and Hymens.”
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