Egypt: Breaking the Love/Sex Taboos

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Egypt: Cell Phone Movies in Freedom's Service
Article written by Marius Chitosca, from Smart Mobs

Encouraged by the unexpected success he had on YouTube with his
first 23 movies, a young Egyptian, under the screen name Ahmad Sherif,
is starting what he calls a freedom campaign, by making movies that can
be downloaded to cell phones. He plans to address three major taboos in
the Egyptian society for centuries: premarital love and sex, freedom of
faith and freedom of speech.

Observing the love and sex related problems in Egypt -- like a
recent increase in the rape and sexual assault rates, he already begun
with the first theme of love, placing a short movie on YouTube. The movie can be downloaded to cell phone and spread within the cell network via a viral propagation model.

Ahmad tries to advocate for the fact that these three freedoms --
love, faith and speech -- are not mainly West culture related, but
essential and natural needs in any society. Their satisfaction assures
a healthy human growth. Different opinions are already expressed in
comment form, ranging from disapproval to precautions and indirect
acceptance, in an amalgam of strong religious beliefs and possible fear
to speak freely. But the talk is there. Watching this happen, any outer
observer could say that he/she's a witness of emerging democratic
processes in Egypt, evolving at the heart of a more aware young
generation.