Female genital mutilation: Why Egyptian girls fear the summer

By Nick Thompson, CNN

Updated 1722 GMT (0122 HKT) June 25, 2015

More women have undergone FGM in Egypt than any other country. Here, women wait to tell their stories about living with FGM at the Society of Islamic Center near Sohag in January 2015.
Photos: Turning the tide on female genital mutilation
More women have undergone FGM in Egypt than any other country. Here, women wait to tell their stories about living with FGM at the Society of Islamic Center near Sohag in January 2015.
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Most Egyptian girls are "cut," as it is often called, between the ages of nine and 12. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children of a similar age attend class at a school in Assiut on February 1.
Photos: Turning the tide on female genital mutilation
Most Egyptian girls are "cut," as it is often called, between the ages of nine and 12. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children of a similar age attend class at a school in Assiut on February 1.
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The practice was banned in 2008, but Egypt predicts that more than half of girls in the future will be submitted to FGM. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children attend school in Assiut on February 1st, 2015.
Photos: Turning the tide on female genital mutilation
The practice was banned in 2008, but Egypt predicts that more than half of girls in the future will be submitted to FGM. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children attend school in Assiut on February 1st, 2015.
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