Meanings
- uncountableSexual harassment of women by men in Arab cultures.
The October Fest or Taharrush? Place, Crime, Ethnicity and Gender.
2018, Monish Bhatia, Scott Poynting, Waqas Tufail, Media, Crime and Racism, page 782 more examples
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."
2022, Orlean Koehle, Islam Rising: Christianity Waning in Europe and the USAA 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.
2023, S. Kirk Pierzchala, Harshest Dawn: Beyond Cascadia: Four
Origin
- Arabicتحرش
- Englishtaharrush
Borrowed from Arabic تحرش (literally “harassment”).
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