Samira Ibrahim from Egypt’s New Civil Society – Portraits for FT Magazine.

Samira Ibrahim was one of seven female protesters forced to submit to a virginity test in a military prison last year, but she is the only one to have taken the army to court. Originally from the conservative south, she has broken social taboos by speaking out about her ordeal.

Samira Ibrahim was one of seven female protesters forced to submit to a virginity test in a military prison last year, but she is the only one to have taken the army to court. Originally from the conservative south, she has broken social taboos by speaking out about her ordeal.

Samira Ibrahim was one of seven female protesters forced to submit to a virginity test in a military prison last year, but she is the only one to have taken the army to court. Originally from the conservative south, she has broken social taboos by speaking out about her ordeal.