Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Bringing women and Copts in one category is strange, it seems. In fact, it is not: the vision for both groups and the shortcoming as far as they are concerned is the same; dividing the society into minority and majority according to sects – Muslims and Copts – or into gender – men and women. [...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
Saif al- Dīn Muḥammad Muṣṭafa, the hijacker of the EgyptAir flight, said in his first court hearing in Nicosia, Cyprus, that he would face the death penalty in the event of his deportation to Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
Al-Mansūrah Prosecution ordered the imprisonment of a man accused of killing an Imam of a mosque in Mansūrah city for 15 days. The Public Prosecution also ordered the autopsy to be carried out.
Date of source: Monday, January 26, 2015
A doctor has become the first in Egypt to be convicted of female genital mutilation, seven years after the widely practiced procedure was first criminalized in the country.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
The National Council for Human Rights calls for the establishment of an Egyptian Health Council
Muhammed Fāʾiq president of the National Council for Human Rights said that the new Constitution affirmed the right of the citizens to health care, since the State has pledged to guarantee services and...
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2015
When Khedive Isma`īl came to power in Egypt, he wanted to establish a modern, elegant and vibrant downtown for Cairo that would rival the urban down towns of Europe. After years of neglect, it seems that both private and government-led initiatives to revive Cairo’s downtown are finally making...
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
The Tahyā Misr or 'Long Live Egypt' fund (account no. 306306) will launch a program to support factories that are facing difficulties in their operations in terms of donations, announced Executive Director Muhammad `Ashmāwī on Thursday.
Date of source: Monday, November 23, 2015
Fifteen Sudanese men were arrested Monday at Wādi al-Jemāl reserve (Camels Valley) in Marsa `Allam for illegal gold exploration, ONA News Agency reported today.
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Arab women have advanced considerably over the last two generations, all while getting the highest degrees from the best universities and the most important jobs in the country. But despite this progress, Arab women have not yet achieved complete equality with men in the Middle East.
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Date of source: Saturday, September 19, 2015
Egyptian President `Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new government on Saturday, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal and less than a month prior to parliamentary elections, the first since 2012.