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 students who support the Muslim Brotherhood (background) clash with riot policemen outside the University of Cairo campus in the capital on December 11, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/455128605_1.jpg?itok=gp13Peir "Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood (background) clash with riot policemen outside the University of Cairo campus in the capital on December 11, 2013. [AFP]")
![An Egyptian policeman tries to detain a student of Cairo University who support the Muslim Brotherhood during clashes with riot police in Cairo. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/000_TS-Nic6273469.jpg?itok=FgcJ7VWS "An Egyptian policeman tries to detain a student of Cairo University who support the Muslim Brotherhood during clashes with riot police in Cairo. [AFP]")
