Hundreds of female students of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University in Assiut city are facing a threat of being dismissed from college for taking part in protests against university officials accused of covering up a rape of a student on campus two weeks ago.
![Egyptian riot policemen run after Muslim brotherhood members following a demonstration in Cairo's eastern Nasr City district on December 27, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6279318.jpg?itok=hoIwyI_9 "Egyptian riot policemen run after Muslim brotherhood members following a demonstration in Cairo's eastern Nasr City district on December 27, 2013. [AFP]")
