moana, thank you for joining us. first of all, help us understand this.inity test is? >> reporter: it's basically a way to determine whether a woman is a virgin or not, and usually depends on whether a hyman is in place or not, not considering some women are born without. but the state is once more sexually assaulting women in egypt. but this time, it's under the council of the supreme military council, whereas in 2005, it was the state under the guise of the mubarak regime that began to deliberately target female activists and journalists with sexual assault. and the goal of both sexual assaults is to humiliate women, to shame them into silence and basically tell them, go home. >> is this a common practice in egypt? >> you know, this morning, i put the question out on twitter and i asked people i know, in egypt, have you guys heard of these virginity tests? and this is a common practice in conservative cultures that place a high value on women's virginity. so you will hear of conservative parts of egypt where a traditional midwife will be in charge of sh