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Egypt's High Value on Virginity Fuels Hymen Fixation

Sunday, April 28, 2013

From artificial hymens to restoration surgeries, various methods have popped up to underscore the significance placed on female virginity in the country--and Arab world-- says Shereen El Feki in this excerpt from "Sex and the Citadel."

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