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![]() Thursday, July 15, 1999 Published at 16:16 GMT 17:16 UK ![]() ![]() World: Africa ![]() Egyptian woman locked up by father ![]() ![]() Police in Egypt have freed a 23-year-old woman who was locked in a tiny, dark room for more than three months by her father. Madiha Ali was imprisoned because she had divorced her 80-year-old husband, according to police in the town of Sohag 400 kms south of Cairo. She was found in a one square metre room when police who were searching for firearms in a nearby house heard her faint cries for help. She said she survived only because her step-brother smuggled her bread and water every five days through a small hole. She was taken to hospital in a state of extreme weakness. Police are still searching for her father who allegedly fled after hearing of his daughter's release. ![]() |
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