demic ▁of ▁mob ▁sexual ▁assault s ▁in ▁T ah rir ▁Square ▁and ▁the ▁various ▁efforts ▁by ▁civ ili ans ▁to ▁combat ▁these ▁assault s . ▁“ We ’ re ▁putting ▁up ▁a ▁fight , ▁we ’ re ▁not ▁afraid ,” ▁she ▁said . ▁“ When ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁silence ▁Egypt ian ▁women , ▁we ▁became ▁even ▁more ▁def i ant .” ▁Following ▁her ▁speech , ▁she ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁panel ▁discussion ▁entitled ▁" w omen ▁under ▁threat ” ▁that ▁also ▁included ▁Leb an ese ▁journalist ▁Jen an ▁M ous sa , ▁British ▁journalist ▁and ▁bar r ister ▁Af ua ▁Hir sch ▁and ▁co - found er ▁and ▁assistant ▁executive ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Pan zi ▁Foundation ▁USA ▁Lee ▁Ann ▁De ▁Re us . ▁The ▁panel ▁discussion ▁was ▁moder ated ▁by ▁BBC ▁television ▁News reader ▁and ▁journalist ▁Philipp a ▁Thomas . ▁ ▁Hon ors ▁and ▁awards ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁she ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁ 2 2 ▁young ▁Arab ▁leaders ▁selected ▁for ▁the ▁German ▁Bund est ag ’ s ▁International ▁Parliament ary ▁Sch olar ship ▁program ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁she ▁was ▁chosen ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁ 2 2 ▁Mediter rane an ▁women ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁future ▁by ▁Sciences ▁Po ▁and ▁the ▁French ▁government . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁she ▁was ▁chosen ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁m ente es ▁in ▁the ▁Fort une ▁Magazine / ▁US ▁State ▁Department ▁Global ▁Women ’ s ▁M ent oring ▁Part ners hip ▁held ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with