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Egypt begins trial of ex-student in case fueling #MeToo wave

by Associated Press
| October 10, 2020 6:06 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Saturday began the trial of a former student of an elite university on charges of sexual assault of three minors, in a case that has launched a new wave of the #MeToo movement in the Arab world’s most populous country.

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