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Date of source: Saturday, July 15, 2023
The National Council for Women (NCW) confirmed that the rate of female circumcision in Egypt has plummeted thanks to growing awareness that the practice is a crime and has nothing to do with religion or medicine. They added that credit for this goes to the state, the NCW, and the National Council...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
A TV series called ‘Ḥaḍrat al-͑ Umda’ (The Distinguished Mayor) has worked to address social problems, including female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is a cultural tradition that leaves deep psychological and physical scars and has been known to violate girls’ rights.
Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2023
Female circumcision causes physical and psychological damage to the lives and health of young women. It is also a crime punishable by law.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2022
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) released a report that revealed state efforts to protect Egyptian women from female genital mutilation (FGM).
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
The Egyptian women aspire to participate in the national dialogue to speak up about their problems and their proposals to reform legislation, policies, and procedures that limit their freedoms and their access to resources and opportunities available in society. Moreover, they aim to focus on...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Last year, the Egyptian Cabinet increased the punishment for female genital mutilation (FGM) to a maximum 20-year prison sentence, but this has not limited the spread of the practice.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Women’s issues and gender disparities have recently come to light on the screens, as movies fearlessly deal with a variety of issues that previously were silenced. These issues are found amid society and deserve to be discussed, treated, and highlighted. The film “I want a divorce” [Urīd Khulʿān]...
Date of source: Sunday, March 21, 2021
Egyptian novelist Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī spent several years struggling for women’s rights and demanding their liberation from social restraints. Born in 1931, al-Saʿdāwī was a psychologist and feminist who made her way into literature, writing several books like “Memoirs of a Woman Doctor” and “The...
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 2021
On Monday, Ambassador Nabīla Makram ‘Abd al-Shahīd, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptian Affairs Abroad, took part in a roundtable entitled: “The role of civil society in the advancement of the developing country”, with the participation of Dr. Māyā Mursī, President of the National...
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2021
Al-ʿArabiyya visits "Restore FGM"; the first medical center in the Middle East and Africa to treat victims of FGM, what the United Nations has classed as a crime against women and children.
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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.