How nicely that bitch Sensuality knows how to beg for a piece of the spirit, when a piece of flesh is denied her.
Nietzsche, ‘Of Chastity’ Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Drives denied a natural outlet will not quietly die, but rather cunningly exit in masquerade. In contemporary Egypt, on account of a volatile cocktail – unequal parts societal, political and economic – sexual repression is absurdly rampant and its expression has gotten considerably out of hand. Faced with a desperate situation at home, aggravated by a people in the grip of a spiritual crisis, and an unexemplary international context, Egyptians have chosen to cut off their noses to spite their faces by insisting upon an identity not theirs.
