On Wednesday 27 August, a tuk-tuk driver was arrested in Cairo after a video circulated on social media exhibiting him harassing well-known American YouTuber Gisselle.
The incident took place within the Imam al-Shafi’i cemetery space, a location that has just lately been on the middle of controversy as a consequence of demolition plans.
Following the unfold of the video, authorities identified and apprehended the driving force, who resides within the Manshiyet Nasser space.
He has confessed to the crime, and the tuk-tuk has been seized. Authorized procedures are actually underway.
Practically 99 % of Egyptian girls have experienced some type of sexual harassment, with public transport and streets being the most typical places.
Reporting remains extraordinarily low, as lower than 1 % of victims go to the police.
Tuk-tuks have additionally been linked to harassment incidents, together with a 2017 case the place a driver was sentenced to five years in jail for assaulting a girl.
In 2023, Egypt amended the Penal Code (Regulation No. 185) to impose harsher penalties for sexual harassment, together with as much as 5 years in jail and fines reaching EGP 300,000 (USD 6,185) in workplaces and public areas.
In 2025, the federal government passed Regulation No. 14 of 2025, revising the Labor Regulation to explicitly ban harassment, bullying, and office violence, together with on-line harassment.