TRIGGER WARNING: This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors.
Last November, I was surprised to find a childhood friend of mine, from elementary school at Modern English School (MES), Cairo, reach out to me, after hearing about the work I started with EMPWR and in Mental Health advocacy in the MENA region.
Little did I know that she’d been admitted into a mental health institution after what she’d disclosed to me inspired me to start this publication in such a manner.
“I’m not the only one he raped, anally as well,” she said.
Today, it’s July the 2nd of 2020, and upon the accusation of Ahmed Bassem Zaki, I sent her a picture of him.
“Is it him?” I sent her on Facebook Messenger – after my phone got bombarded by @assaultpolice notifications by friends.
“How do you know?” she replies.
“It’s everywhere.”
This is just one account out of 150+ of survivors.
Exposing Ahmed Bassem Zaki
It all started when a “PSA alert was put out yesterday of his sexual assault of a girl in @auc_egypt, several more have come out,” Sabah Khodir wrote on her Instagram post below.
Social media only just scratched the surface of this hideous serial predator.
Sadly, what lies beneath the surface is a hell of a lot more.
Shortly after, an Egyptian living in NYC, Shadi Nour, posted a story shown below which triggered an unprecedented number of survivors to come speak out.
After more than a few accusations, it became clear that these series of events by Ahmed Zaki were ones that needed to be taken into account and documented.
This following image was posted below to allow all stories to be redirected to @assaultpolice , created by Shadi, in order to bring awareness and justice to all survivors of Ahmed Zaki.
The History of Ahmed Bassem Zaki?
In short, this picture quite abruptly sums him up.
Kindly note that of all of the transfers in between schools.
Should there have been any early warning signs?
It’s your say.
Rosaline Elbay from Award-Winning TV Series “RAMY” Speaks Out
The Action Needed to Bring Forth Justice
The following post has just been released by @assultpolice asking for all victims to come forward in confidence to legally step forward towards the prosecution of sex offender, Ahmed Zaki.
Public Response on Social Media
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