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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.36,0:00:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exploring Taboos
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.95,0:00:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Ramy Raoof and I am working with Nazra for Feminist Studies as media consultant
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m Mozn Hasan, the Executive Director of Nazra for Femininst Studies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.12,0:00:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Fatma Emam, a researcher with Nazra for Feminist Studies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.60,0:00:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of the Exploring Taboos project simply came to us because we, as the Nazra team, have ideas and specific principles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.41,0:00:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the time that we’re trying to work on these subjects,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.72,0:00:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we search for others in the surrounding society to see who else believes in the same ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.46,0:01:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were thinking about how to find other people to discuss with them about topics that are often taboo
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.89,0:01:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we can help them to express their opinion by using different tools
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.12,0:01:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our opinion within the Nazra team is that we must speak about things that nobody speaks about, issues that the civil society, governorates, foundations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.40,0:01:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and research centers in Egypt do not speak about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.50,0:01:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw that nobody speaks about taboos.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.08,0:01:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important things that people discuss is their strong opinion about topics related to religion or gender
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.89,0:01:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the issues related to general sexual culture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.52,0:01:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought that in order to start to break these taboo, we must try to explore the taboo and to try to know the taboo
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.12,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to know about the background that makes it forbidden to speak about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.04,0:02:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first round in Exploring Taboos project was comprised of four participants who decided to create their own blogs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.88,0:02:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Nawara Magdy Belal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.88,0:02:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined the first round of the Exploring Taboos project
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.88,0:02:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me, the idea was very interesting because I do not work in a feminist organization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.52,0:02:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of my life, I thought about topics we normally don’t speak about with people except for in internal discussions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.44,0:02:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the beginning, we had the idea to gather men and women with one another
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.04,0:02:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to give them the chance to speak about things they don’t speak about!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.58,0:02:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is that one is trying to break through the ground to find something underneath, it’s the same here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.24,0:02:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re not only trying to give people some principles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.12,0:02:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you face culture and long lasting traditions. And other ideas that have been built in their minds all their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And other ideas that cannot be changed easily
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.96,0:03:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I posted in my blog and one of the posts was titled "I Am Not an Asexual Creature"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.20,0:03:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is my expression of a person who was passing through difficult circumstances related to my weight
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.48,0:03:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it also represented me and my sexual and emotional needs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.52,0:03:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how i deal with this and how other people deal with the same issues
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twitter was the first website that allows for micro blogging since it was launched in 2006
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.03,0:03:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea is simply to give the user the chance to publish news or information in 140 characters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.58,0:04:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are also other websites that allow for 200 character limit like Watwat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.60,0:04:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Nazra team is very caring and stands behind the participants through technical and information support
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.96,0:04:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are always discussing with youth and with the participants by exploring taboos
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.40,0:04:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by discussion of any topic without any worries from themselves or society
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.00,0:04:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exploring Taboos is not a project with specific dates or funding dates
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.48,0:04:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project will be always a safe space for all interested people to come and share their ideas