Meaning of taharrush | Babel Free

Definitions

Sexual harassment of women by men in Arab cultures.

uncountable

Examples

“The October Fest or Taharrush? Place, Crime, Ethnicity and Gender.”

“Soon, the girls were surrounded by a mob of thirty Muslim men and boys. The sexual harassment and rape then began, lasting more than two hours in a rape game known as "taharrush."”

“A system that, in the name of tolerance, turned a blind eye to taharrush gangs, the groups of young males that roamed some neighborhoods and targeted unaccompanied women.”

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