Egyptian author Alaa al-Aswany: "She's a woman, not an object"
!["Can I give you a flower" mural (photo: DW/R. Mokbel) "Can I give you a flower" mural (photo: DW/R. Mokbel)](/sites/default/files/import/2017-08/75827-woman_in_hijab.jpg)
Egyptian men need to regain a civilised view of women and cast off the Wahhabi thinking that prevents equality in the country, writes Egyptian author and veteran liberal activist Alaa al-Aswany.