Sabah Khodir
Sabah Khodir (born c.1991) is an Egyptian-American poet and activist. Life. Khodir graduated from the University of Phoenix. In 2015 she and Mohammed Kassem cofounded EndQuote, a collaborative art platform for Middle Eastern artists. From 2018 to 2020 Khodir wrote for the English-language news website "Egyptian Streets". In 2019, after experiencing a sexual assault, she left Egypt for the United States . In July 2020, Khodir assisted the founders of "Assault Police" in releasing a collection of over 150 sexual assault, harassment and blackmail accusations against Egyptian student Ahmed Bassam Zaki. Working with the National Council of  Women, Khodir coordinated the release of information so that victims would feel the confidence to file official complaints. Three days after the Instagram page went up, Zaki was arrested. By July 28, the Assault Police account had over 171,000 followers and had received dozens of messages about other alleged harassers. Khodir has spoken about her own experience of sexual assault on the BBC World Service programme "Heart and Soul". References