Episode 10: SILENCE BREAKERS — The Instagram Account That Changed Egypt's Law | CASE ZERO

July 2020. One student opens an Instagram account. Seven weeks later, the law changes. Cairo, 2020. A 22-year-old student opens an account that collects testimonies of sexual assault, and hundreds of women come forward. Many will only go to the police if their names stay secret. Within weeks, Egypt passes Law 177 of 2020: investigators may no longer reveal the identity of victims of sexual crimes. The victims are not shown in this episode. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, find free, confidential support worldwide at findahelpline.com · befrienders.org CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 1:20 Act I 1:49 Act II 2:40 The law changes 3:07 Act III 3:30 The ledger: what we know SOURCES (all links checked 1 Nov 2026) 1. Egypt’s Nadeen Ashraf on BBC’s ‘100 Most Influential Women’ of 2020, Egyptian Streets, 2020-11-24. https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/11/24/egypts-nadeen-ashraf-on-bbc-100-100-most-influential-women-of-2020/ 2. 'Change Is Coming', AUC Today, American University in Cairo. https://auctoday.aucegypt.edu/news/change-coming 3. #MeToo in Egypt: Egyptian Women Stand Up to Culture of Violence, Morocco World News, 2021-02. https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/02/334830/metoo-in-egypt-egyptian-women-stand-up-to-culture-of-violence 4. Me Too in Egypt & Morocco, The New York Review of Books, 2021-04-08. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/04/08/me-too-in-egypt-morocco/ 5. Egyptian women flood Instagram with #MeToo stories as suspect arrested, The Jakarta Post, 2020-07-08. https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/07/08/egyptianwomen-flood-instagram-with-metoo-stories-as-suspect-arrested 6. Egypt’s Botched #MeToo Moment, New Lines Magazine. https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/egypts-botched-metoo-moment/ 7. New Legislation Protecting Women In Egyptian Society (Legal Alert 149), Mondaq (Andersen / law firm alert), 2021. https://www.mondaq.com/crime/1091310/new-legislation-protecting-women-in-egyptian-society-legal-alert-149 8. إضافة المادة 113 مكررا لقانون الإجراءات الجنائية بالقانون 177 لسنة 2020, Manshurat (Egyptian legal database), 2020. https://www.manshurat.org/node/67605 9. Egypt passes law shielding sex crime victims' identities, Egypt Independent, 2020-08. https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-passes-law-shielding-sex-crime-victims-identities/ 10. Egypt Passes Law Concealing Identity of Sexual Harassment, Assault and Rape Victims, Egyptian Streets, 2020-07-09. https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/07/09/pm-approves-law-amendment-to-conceal-identity-of-sexual-harassment-assault-and-rape-victims/ 11. Egypt approves law protecting identities of sex-crime victims, Otago Daily Times (Reuters), 2020. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/egypt-approves-law-protecting-identities-sex-crime-victims 12. Nadeen Ashraf, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadeen_Ashraf Written, directed, scored and edited by the Cyberverse Studio Team. Made with AI by Cyberverse Studio. Cyberverse Studio: cinematic stories about the future that is already here. CASE ZERO: every law begins with one case. About this film: a dramatised reconstruction of real events. Visuals are AI-assisted; generic characters and their voices are reconstructions, and some scenes are dramatised. Victims are not shown, and no real person's face or voice is recreated. Facts are checked against the sources listed above. Trademarks and company names mentioned belong to their owners and are used for identification and historical reporting only; no endorsement is implied. Subtitles: English · العربية #CaseZero #HumanRights #Egypt