The other day I left my friends house at around 1 a.m. and I wanted to take a taxi back home. Unfortunately I found the road blocked (welcome to Egypt) and so I had to walk a bit to reach another street. The streets were empty and all of a sudden there was this car that started driving next to me and then a guy got off. There were two more in the car. He started walking next to me, talking to me in Arabic, I ignored him and told him to leave me alone. Of course he didn’t, so I decided to change the roadside, but he followed me.
He tried to grab my hand and all I thought was, “Please, you damn taxi, where are you?!”
Meanwhile his friends in the car made a U-turn and came driving towards us, all laughing and whistling. I was really scared. Finally in the last second a taxi came and stopped. I rushed inside and the guy grabbed my ass from behind. I was in total shock and fortunately my taxi driver was super helpful and realized immediately, that these were NOT my friends. He shouted something at the guys and then drove off and brought me home safely.
– Kerstin
Location: Around Behooth Metro station, Dokki, Kairo, Egypt
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