Raya and Sakina Story

Story of raya & sekina aly hammam, egyptian sisters - 1920

OVERVIEW OF THE STORY: The sisters Raya and Sakina were convicted, along with their mates and two other accomplices, on May 16, 1921 of 17 murders of women in the Labban quarter of the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. The sisters were operators of four underground “houses of depravity.” Their victims were visitors some of whom were prostitutes, others married women using the facilities for trysts.