taharrush

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تحرش (literally “harassment”).

Noun

taharrush (uncountable)

  1. Sexual harassment of women by men in Arab cultures.
    • 2018, Monish Bhatia, Scott Poynting, Waqas Tufail, Media, Crime and Racism, page 78:
      The October Fest or Taharrush? Place, Crime, Ethnicity and Gender.
    • 2022, Orlean Koehle, Islam Rising: Christianity Waning in Europe and the USA:
      Soon, the girls were surrounded by a mob of thirty Muslim men and boys. The sexual harassment and rape then began, lasting more than two hours in a rape game known as "taharrush."
    • 2023, S. Kirk Pierzchala, Harshest Dawn: Beyond Cascadia: Four:
      A system that, in the name of tolerance, turned a blind eye to taharrush gangs, the groups of young males that roamed some neighborhoods and targeted unaccompanied women.

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