State of Arab women: persecution, violence, displacement, poverty and exploitation

Below is a sample of what the media covered in a week brief of distressful situation faced by Arab women:

Saudi Arabia
On March 28, the authorities released 3 out of 11 female human rights activists detained since last May, following mounting international demands for their release (https://bit.ly/2uKGNs6).  Two Saudi sisters have also received an entry visa to an undisclosed country after spending a year hiding in Hong Kong after escaping their family ( https://bit.ly/2UdryH9)
Egypt
An uproar in Cairo after the news of the rape and killing of a student at Al-Azhar University in Upper Egypt, noting that the university denied in a statement the rumors about the incident (https://bit.ly/2OLGfLK).
Lybia
A study conducted by Women’s Refugee Commission indicated that, during their journey through the Sahara, men and women refugee convoys were abducted by human traffickers, revealing that they were subjected to torture, rape and murder (https://bit.ly/2FVJWf4).
Syria
According to a survivor from ISIS, her suffering did not stop immediately after her escape from her oppressor, but that society punished her as well in light of the negative opinion about girls surviving from the terrorist organization, which bluntly equates or confuses rape victims with prostitutes. (https://bit.ly/2TXwiMg).
Sudan
Female demonstrators got angry after the Sudanese professionals Association proposed that people should take to the streets in a clean up campaign instead of the protest set for March 9, with a special address to women, who are concerned with similar cleaning chores in particular. This sparked anger among female participants who lashed out protesting, ‘We are not street sweepers’, noting that over 70% of demonstrators who took to the streets since early December were women. (https://bit.ly/2UaPg6Z)
Morocco
On March 28, the Free Feminist Union in Morocco launched the so-called "Safe Place" initiative, involving partnerships signed with cafes, shops and public places, in several regions across Morocco, in preparation to streamlining and spreading the word. The initiative requires that concerned people in those locations confront any occurrences of violence or harassment. (https://bit.ly/2FNDpBF) . (Al Diyar, March 28, 29, 30, 31, April 3, 2019)