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Date of source: Sunday, December 20, 2015
"I will adjourn the session, in case anyone breaks the legal, ethical, and fundamental rules of this Parliament": these were the words uttered by Dr. Āmna Nossair, whose thrusting personality had made her most probably best qualified to be the first woman to preside the Egyptian Parliament in its...
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Tūjān al-Faīṣal, the first female member of the Jordanian parliament, talks in English about fundamentalism in Jordan, the people’s demand for reforms, a leader and their attitude toward Israel. In Arabic, she speaks about progress in the influence of women in politics.
Two unnamed...
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Tūjān al-Faīṣal, the first female member of the Jordanian parliament, is being interviewed and talks about her background, the effects that the Israeli-Jordan peace treaty has on Jordan politics and democracy, pluralism and the role of intelligence in Jordan, legal and judicial...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Hāla Muṣṭafā was born in Egypt in 1958, although Muṣṭafā was appointed to be a member of the new Policies Committee of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 2002, Muṣṭafā presents herself as an independent writer and thinker more than a party member. This commitment is reflected in her...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2016
The Secretariat of Women for the Egyptian Democratic Party held the second annual conference of women of the party called “Women and Parliament.” The President of the Egyptian Democratic Party asserted at the conference that political Islam does not impose any impediments on women. For his part,...
Date of source: Thursday, April 9, 2015
Head of the Women Union warns against jeopardizing women’ seats in elections
Hudā Badrān, head of the Women Union during the third community talk around the issue of the amendment of election laws, asked for immediate elections to be held as soon as possible. She confirmed her commitment to the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 20, 2015
"I will adjourn the session, in case anyone breaks the legal, ethical, and fundamental rules of this Parliament": these were the words uttered by Dr. Āmna Nossair, whose thrusting personality had made her most probably best qualified to be the first woman to preside the Egyptian Parliament in its...
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: Wednesday, December 3, 2014
During a speech delivered at the “Egyptian Woman: steps towards the parliament“ program, former Egyptian Minister of Communication and Media Affairs, Dr. Durriya Sharaf Ad-Dīn, expresses her concerns about the upcoming Egyptian Parliament, which – as she thinks – is going to be one of the most...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
In Luxor governorate, a large number of Copts and women participated in the parliamentary elections that took place on November 28, 2011.
Citizens were eager to participate with their votes in the elections.
[Reviewer's Note: News story was also mentioned in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 5, November 29...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.