Beauty and the Dogs Page #2

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I'll investigate.

This is my business card.

You must call me.

Make sure you don't lose it.

Don't be afraid, call me!

That's it, you're happy now?

What do you mean?

And what I went through?

Many men went through

the same thing in jail.

- What's that got to do with it?

- What planet are you on?

Do you understand what's going on here?

Why did we have a revolution?

People have died for their rights!

So these monsters can pay!

If we accept to be humiliated,

forget about it!

Forget about it...

You have to grab your rights

with both hands.

If you give up,

they'll eat you alive!

Do you understand?

Why are you lecturing me?

After what happened to me,

I shouldn't just file a complaint.

I should slaughter them

and drink their blood.

I apologize.

Why did we come here?

To see a doctor

and get a medical certificate.

So we can throw it at the police

and force them to do their job.

Right?

Come with me.

We've been here for two hours

and nobody is listening.

This girl has been raped

and we need a medical certificate.

Please help us.

- She looks fine.

- l-low does she look fine?

Are you wounded?

Do you have anything broken?

This is an emergency ward.

- Isn't this an emergency?

- This is the ER!

I know that!

It's not a slaughterhouse.

I understand.

Moez, come over here please.

This girl has been raped.

Where shall I take her?

To a gynecologist in maternity.

Come with me.

Please wait for her in here.

She'll be back.

Wait here a second.

May God protect you.

What exactly did they do to you?

Did they touch you?

Did they take your clothes off?

- L-low many were there?

- Where is the doctor?

She's coming.

What's wrong with you?

- What's going on?

- She's been raped.

Who told you to come here?

This isn't my specialty.

Whose specialty is it, then?

I need a medical certificate

to sue them.

To sue them?

You need a forensic doctor.

Where can I find one?

You can't just knock on the door.

The police send you.

It's the police who did it.

I need a certificate

so I can file a complaint.

The police?

- Will you please examine me?

- I am not qualified to examine you.

- I'm begging you, help me!

- It's against the law, I can't.

- I'm not qualified.

- Please, help me!

I can't!

- We're at eight centimetres.

- I'm coming.

You should take

an emergency contraceptive pill.

You have enough problems.

- Would you give me a prescription?

- You don't need one.

Wait a minute.

I'll take you to the forensic doctor.

Come with me.

Wait a second.

Let me clean you up.

Don't be afraid.

Come on.

Wait over there.

She has been raped.

I took her to Madame Khelifi

who told her to see a forensic doctor.

I brought her to you.

Did the police send you?

No.

She was raped by policemen.

She wants to press charges

and she needs a certificate.

Please help her.

I'll see.

May God help you.

Good evening.

I'd like to report a rape.

Hisham Bahrouni, forensic doctor.

Thank you.

The victim is next to me.

No, she has no apparent injuries.

She says she was raped by policemen

and she wants a medical certificate.

What's your name?

- Mariam Chaouch.

- Her name is Mariam Chaouch.

Your national ID number?

- I don't know it.

- No, she doesn't know it.

Very well.

Good evening.

Well, Mariam.

I can't examine you now.

The police need

to start an investigation first.

You must go to the police station

and file a complaint.

They know about your case

and they are expecting you.

OK?

Then, they will send you back here.

Do you understand me, Mariam?

- All right?

- Yes.

OK then.

Where did this happen?

Next to the Palace Hotel,

on the beach.

Let me see some ID.

Your ID.

She lost her hand bag in their car.

Name, surname and age.

- Me?

' Yes You!

Mariam Chaouch, 21 years old.

Age:
21.

Name:
Mariam, daughter of...

What's your father's name?

Why?

- What?

- Why my father's name?

- We want to propose!

- Steady!

Go easy on the lady.

Give him your father's name.

Ahmed Chaouch.

Mariam, daughter of Ahmed.

Come on, Mariam.

Tell me everything.

You have to tell me

so I know how to proceed.

We were at a party organized

by our university in a hotel.

We stepped out

for a walk on the beach.

The hotel is by the sea.

Who's "we"?

L-low do you say "hotel" in Arabic?

Me and him.

- Did you drink alcohol in the hotel?

- No.

And the girl?

I've never touched it.

She's never touched it...

And after you saw the sea?

What happened?

- After that...

- Please, you'll get your chance.

I'm talking to Mariam.

Go ahead.

We were by the sea

when a white car pulled up.

Three men stepped out,

yelling "Police".

They turned their headlights on us.

The older one handcuffed my friend.

He asked them to prove

they were policemen.

They stuck their badges in his face,

screaming and cursing.

"... Cursing."

One of them told me:

"You must be married

and you are committing adultery."

They wanted to arrest me.

Adultery...

I told them I wasn't married

and I wanted to go home.

The two policemen

forced me into the car.

The third policeman took my friend.

Let's get our story straight first.

Don't say policemen

if you're not sure.

OK?

Yes, they're here.

Where were we, Mr Raouf?

We were at the adultery.

No, we were at the car.

She got into the car

with two men.

No, they forced her into the car.

And then?

What happened afterward?

We don't have all night.

Then they raped me in the car.

- What did you say?

- They raped her in the car.

"They raped me in the car."

- The young man was watching?

- What?

No.

Before they started,

the man who handcuffed him

took him to the hotel.

What did you do in the hotel?

He asked me for 300 dinars

to let us go.

I didn't have it so I took him

to a cash machine,

to get some peace.

OK, and before they raped you,

tell me what you talked about.

I was in the car with them,

in the back seat.

They were rubbing up against me

like devils,

fondling me,

their hands were everywhere.

I had 30 dinars in my bag,

I told them to take it.

One of them took the bag

and threw it on the floor.

He grabbed me...

I started shaking,

and screaming in fear.

I turned to look for him,

but he was gone.

He?

Who is "he"?

What's your relationship with him?

- He's my fianc.

- Your fianc?

What's the name of your fianc?

My name is Youssef.

Youssef?

Really, your name is "Joseph"?

I'm asking her,

because she's been using the 3rd person

for you from the start.

- Youssef what?

- Youssef...

- No, I'll find out on my own.

- Go ahead.

Would you be Joseph the carpenter,

fianc of the Virgin Mary?

In that case, you are in trouble.

In the Koran,

we don't recognize Joseph the carpenter.

And in our religion,

the Virgin Mary is not engaged.

My name's Youssef Dawn.

We are the State,

and we don't rape young women.

- They had badges...

- So what?

We have so many devils,

like the Virgin Mary said.

Devils that announce the prophecy.

Could they have made you pregnant

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