I was leaving school with Nichole to go and have coffee on Rd 9; we want to take the shortcut, but we see the boys outside the boys' school. It's ok, I said... Nichole asks: "Do you feel brave?" "YES!!" That was exactly what I needed; so we start walking, we pass the boys and nothing happens!!! Unbelievable! But... right when we reached the main road here comes a rock; "Hold my bag", I told Nichole! I turn around and see this 16 yrs old boy running, so I run after him. I chased him and surprisingly enough, I caught him!! I grabbed him by the collar and started shouting at him.
By this time, two men arrive to help me; one of them was carrying a large rock. By this time the boy is scared; he tries to run, I still have him and this other man grabs him by the arm. He tries to tell us it wasn't him! I tell him to look at me, take him by the chin and slap him on the face!
By the side of the road, Nichole is shouting at the security guards to come and help me, instead they were standing there with their jaws dropped.
This one man who grabbed the guy by his arm slapped him on the head too, and then I asked him in Arabic "Le???" (Why?) and I slapped him again. This other man was trying to get me off of him, telling me "it's ok madame, we have him..let him go!" I was furious!!!!!!!!!! I let go of him, then saw the security guards standing and watching .... so I left him to them!
Nichole asked me: "Did you slap him hard?" Well, not as hard as I should've... but that taught him a lesson I hope. Just because he is a man he thinks he can do whatever to women... well it ain't working with me!!!
It seems like a radical thing to do after one rock, but the feelings that I had inside of me have been building up for weeks and months and I have thought about this a lot. These boys do not speak any other language than violence and in order for them to get the message, I had to speak their language.
After posting it on my facebook status, I got a record of 21 comments and my favourite was: "On behalf of all foreign and Egyptian women, thank you Gaby!!"
Gabriela Mocanu I have done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chased an Egyptian man, got him, grabbed him by the collar and slapped him twice!!!!!!! It felt so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU ARE WELCOME! I would do it again!
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