Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- April 3, 2017
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Targets
- Youssef al-Hosiny (Cairo Time)
- Assailant
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted?
- Yes
Assault
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House on April 3, 2017. Journalist Youssef al-Hosiny was accosted by protesters while in DC to cover the meeting.
April 3, 2017
Egyptian talk show host Youssef al-Hosiny was accosted by protesters in Washington, D.C. on April 3, 2017, and slapped on the back of the neck.
According to an article in The New Arab (“Al-Araby Al-Jadeed” in Arabic), being slapped on the back of the neck is an extremely insulting form of assault in Egypt.
Al-Hosiny was in D.C. to cover Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s visit to the White House.
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