The Trials of Spring
In 2011, men and women stood shoulder to shoulder as the promise of change spread like wildfire across the Middle East and North Africa.
With a simple yet galvanizing slogan: “bread, freedom and social justice for all,” decades-old regimes fell amid a swell of unity and optimism in the Middle Eastern and North African region. But almost immediately following the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, women became targets of sexual and physical violence at public protests. Three Egyptian women -- Hend Nafea, Khadiga Hennawi, and Mariam Kirollos -- undertake the ensuing struggle, fighting to ensure that the goals of the Arab Spring include everyone.