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TikTok star Hareem Shah harassed by a mob of men in Dubai

Videos show Hareem visibly fearful, distressed and begging for some personal space while being mobbed.

19 Dec, 2019

TikTok star Hareem Shah - who drew widespread public backlash for filming inside the Foreign Office - revealed she was verbally abused and sexually harassed by “hundreds of Pakistani men” at a store opening in Dubai's Oasis Mall where she was invited as a guest.

“Hundreds of Pakistani men hurled abuses, pushed and some even kicked me,” she wrote on Twitter along with a video posted earlier this week. “Is this how you treat your women??”

According to Gulf News, Oasis Mall management has not responded to the incident.

A series of videos - appearing to be from the same event - posted by other TikTok users confirmed her claims, showing Hareem and her friend Sandal Khattak visibly fearful, distressed and begging for some personal space to move forward and away from the mobbing crowd of male fans.

Earlier this month, Hareem shared a similar video in which she can be seen at a different public event and dozens of men are standing far too close and touching her inappropriately.

Though Hareem is visibly uncomfortable here, she is polite and firm with the fans taking photos and filming with her.

Comments

Abc Dec 19, 2019 01:50pm

We sincerly apologise for their act.. Pakistan's wellwisher..

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Tansah Dec 19, 2019 01:50pm

These men are fans...?

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Neo Dec 19, 2019 01:55pm

Disgusting behaviour from the men. She should have been provided security.

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Malz Dec 19, 2019 03:00pm

The management of oasis should have arranged an escort. Finally, Pakistani men behaving like animals here. It’s quite disgusting but unfortunately expected. After all, they are Pakistani men, frustrated and brought up feeling entitled to act like this. If they even so much as throw a second glance at a foreigner in Dubai, they will be put in jail and possibly deported for harassment. And they even know that. But if it’s a Pakistani female, then they show their true colors.

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Nasir Dec 19, 2019 03:41pm

Don’t let Dubai become another Pakistan - deport the men and their families !

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Nasiroski Dec 19, 2019 04:36pm

This should start a discussion on mental health of Pakistan’s youth.

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Patricia Paria Bangash Dec 19, 2019 05:20pm

“Is this how you treat your women??” I guess.

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HashBrown® Dec 19, 2019 05:35pm

Then us men get offended when we're charged a fee to enter shopping malls. Disgusted and embarrassed on behalf of my own gender.

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BrownFlower Dec 19, 2019 07:01pm

Over zealous fans, or wild men who have never seen a woman before. Your choice.

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HonorBright Dec 19, 2019 07:55pm

I'd thought Dubai was much safer for women..

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ukasha rajpoot Dec 19, 2019 07:57pm

respect and more power to women

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N_Saq Dec 19, 2019 09:10pm

Very sad! I guess people will remain people and animal people will remain animals.

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Common Pakistani Dec 19, 2019 09:28pm

Shameful to say the least. Men really are the worst. Now see them blaming her for getting harassed and not the harassers.

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Zak Dec 19, 2019 11:32pm

The public should stop judging and harassing this lady. Respect Pakistani ladies.

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Sikander Mirza Dec 19, 2019 11:47pm

Tiktok artists crave all types of attention, the more the better.

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pakistani Dec 20, 2019 12:17am

This is Dubai, so hopefully the Dubai Police now have photos of the men who harassed her and will take the necessary action. I hope the Dubai Courts send these men to jail for a very long time. No one deserves to be disrespected.

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jaredlee Dec 20, 2019 12:25am

Men, in many parts of the world, will not miss any chance to get close to women, and vice-versa. Pakistani men, like the ones in these clips, should be taught that they need to learn the basics of respecting everyone, including women. Also, celebrities should learn to earn respect more by their appropriate behaviors than by exposing themselves.

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Anonymouseee Dec 20, 2019 07:50am

Maybe it’s best to avoid going to such places. Coming sense.

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Fayza Dec 20, 2019 09:49am

It’s so embarrassing, sad, frustrating and infuriating that our men don’t know how to behave and respect women hence the high rise of rape and molestation cases in Pakistan. This clip surely proves that.....

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I.Siddiqui Dec 20, 2019 04:49pm

I remembered seeing how a crowd of curious men gathered around a European female tourist, touching her and passing vulgar remarks . It was 40 years ago . I guess things have not changed . Shame on us for not educating our boys to respect women as part of growing up in homes, schools and masjids .

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JawAd Dec 21, 2019 07:40pm

The problem with Pakistani men and I will extend it to South Asian men is they have for too long gotten away with disrespect . What I mean by that is disrespect does not have to be in its extreme such as molestation or rape it can be in many attitudes . You can see disrespect and perversion with women traveling in public transport , women at a work place , women in schools / universities , shopping malls parks and the list never ends . These Men often in groups of other men need to be slapped everywhere throughout the day for many years to make an impressionable change .

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