Mohamed Salah wrestles with the controversial Amr Warda in a new interview for CNN

Mohamed Salah wrestles with the controversial Amr Warda in a new interview for CNN

In an exclusive interview with Becky Anderson of CNN, Mohamed Salah reiterated his controversial position on the scandal of badual harbadment Amr Warda. "My position is always the same. As I told you, people do not understand what I'm saying,"He said to the host." What I meant was that [this] happened before and it's happening now, [Warda] must receive treatment or rehabilitation to make sure it does not happen again. "

Published today as part of CNN's Connect the World, the interview focuses on Salah's views on gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as on the disappointing performance of the FIFA World Cup. Africa of Nations (AFCON) 2019 in Egypt.

Earlier this year, several women made public allegations of badual harbadment against Warda. The Egyptian-British model Merhan Keller, one of the victims, shared screenshots of his conversations with the disgraced footballer. Other women came forward and revealed more evidence of her unwanted badual advances and verbal abuse when they were refused.

The controversy culminated when Warda was eliminated from the Egyptian national team during the CAN season and reinstated after several players, including Salah, appeared in his defense. The Liverpool striker tweeted by saying that "flee is not the solution".

When asked if his support could have contributed to the decision of the Egyptian Football Association to reinstate Warda, Salah said he did not agree: "I am not the captain of the national team, I do not I'm not the coach. …I am [only] a player, but they just put [the blame] on me."

The interview then took a slightly more controversial twist when Anderson quoted Salah's comments in a Times magazine article in which he defends women's rights in Muslim and Arab societies: "I think we need to change the way we do things. to treat women in our culture. . "

Salah then reiterated her commitment to gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa, telling the host that her perspective on the subject had evolved over the years, particularly since the birth of his daughter. "My opinion is that [a] woman has the right to talk about anything she does not like, "he says. "When my daughter has a problem, she must feel supported by me to talk to me about the problem. most [pressing issue] is fear, [women fear their husbands and their fathers]. … Fear is not healthy for anyone, so we have to fix it.

---

<! –

---

->

Subscribe to our newsletter

---