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Free Love, Free Speech, and Free Women: Mobile Phone Videos in the Middle East

March 6, 2008 | CorinneRamey

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Arabic, egypt, free speech, video, youtube

A video circulated on Egyptian mobile phones begins with a picture of a couple holding hands. Images follow of condoms, birth control pills, and even the mouths of a man and woman kissing. "Love: so what?" reads the text. "Love before marriage isn't a shame. Egypt, start loving."