The “Fairmont” Case: Sexual Violence and Class Immunity

It is no secret, the “Fairmont” case is extremely grim and complex; the report was written six years after the rape crime had taken place. The criminals: a number of young men in the Fairmont Nile City hotel in central Cairo. It is not difficult to imagine why it took the victim so long to report the crime… the assailants had drugged and raped her, drawing their initials on her body, all of which they filmed as it happened, arrogantly circulating their movie widely when it was over. These details would make it extremely difficult for the survivor of this…