“Being a man is a great privilege, but it’s also tremendous pressure,” a young Egyptian man told writer Shereen El-Feki recently. Such a comment may not go down well for many women battling for gender equality across the world, but for the award-winning author it’s an issue that has been ignored for too long.
“It doesn’t seem like that on the surface, but the men here are under a lot of tension,” she explains. “It’s great if you are at the top of the pyramid, but if you are somewhere down below, then it’s not so good. There are lots of problems for young men because all their conventional hallmarks such as getting married, starting a family and moving out of your paren
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