Egypt clinic helps women reclaim bodies scarred by genital mutilation

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 14, 2023 12:29 pm

CAIRO: Intissar was only 10 years old when she was forced to undergo genital mutilation, but 30 years later, one clinic is offering help for some of the millions of Egyptian women affected by the still-rampant practice.

Intissar, a journalist who like other women cited here spoke under a pseudonym to protect her identity, recalls having spent 30 years 'completely deprived of pleasure, without any connection to my body.'

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