Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens.

The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law begins with us.

Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens.

The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern.

HIV brings out the best and the worst in humanity, and the laws reflect these attitudes.