Dear Reader,
As many global news sources are reporting, Fair Observer’s Associate Editor for the Middle East, Natasha Smith, was sexually assaulted and physically abused by a mob in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. What happened was despicable and utterly unacceptable. Natasha was subjected to an inhuman ordeal that is part of a pattern in which women have been assaulted by mobs of men. Such incidents have to end.
Natasha has written about her ordeal with dignity and courage on her blog [6]. She has now returned to England. Our thoughts are with her and we wish her strength to recover from her terrible experience.
Yours sincerely,
Atul Singh
Editor-in-Chief
"Letter from the Editor-in-Chief"