Egypt 's government protested against a U.N. document on violence against women . Shereen El Feki says Cairo 's `` hysterical '' reaction was nothing new . Achieving these goals in personal life is important to realizing them in public life , and vice versa : Politics , religion and sex are the Arab world 's `` three red lines , '' she says . The United Nations has been trying to get an international consensus for years about how best to combat sexual abuse of girls in Africa and Asia.
Egypt 's government protested against a U.N. document on violence against women . Shereen El Feki says Cairo 's `` hysterical '' reaction was nothing new . Politics , religion and sex are the Arab world 's `` three red lines , '' she says . The United Nations has been trying to get an international consensus for years about how best to combat sexual abuse of girls in Africa and Asia.