Date of source: Sunday, May 24, 2026
Based on participant observation and interviews with two bawwābīn in al-Munīra neighborhood of Cairo, this report examines the position of doormen in contemporary urban Egypt. By following the experiences of bawwābīn Wā’il and ʿAīd, the paper shows how the boundaries between work and private life...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
The Christian student started wearing the ḥijāb in the morning for school and also in the evening for her lessons.
"I just kept wearing it throughout the day, since I had the same teachers and classmates," she explained, becoming so covered that "no one knew I was Christian anymore."
Maryam did not...
Date of source: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Christina ʿImād, who had been reported missing since Tuesday, returned to her family after being missing since Tuesday (April 21) in al-Maʿṣara area, Ḥilwān district, southern Cairo.
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Prime Minister Muṣṭafa Madbūlī held a meeting on Thursday (April 16) to follow up on draft laws regulating personal status affairs for both Muslims and Christians, as well as the draft law on the Family Support Fund.
Date of source: Sunday, April 19, 2026
Ṭāriq al-Muḥammadī, Deputy Chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, said the National Front Party (NFP)’s initiative to launch a societal dialogue on the draft law on personal status affairs represents a "serious and important" step towards reforming one of the...
Date of source: Friday, April 24, 2026
In one of the most important legislative steps in modern Egyptian history, the Christian community, in all its denominations, stands on the threshold of a new legal era with the completion of all features of the "Unified Personal Status Law for Christians." This draft law, which represents the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
With the escalation of the recent Israeli aggression on Southern Lebanon, dozens of families had to leave their homes. In response to the increasing pressure on official shelters and the increased cost of housing, a humanitarian initiative has emerged. In the town of Qaṭīn in the Jezzine district...
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
In this interview, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz (Shams al-Dīn Ḥāfiẓ), discusses Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Algeria from April 13 to 15.
He reflects on the state of Franco-Algerian relations and the anti-Algerian sentiment in France. He believes that the point of no...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Egyptian Freedom Party strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of the law to execute Palestinian prisoners, describing it as a dangerous and unprecedented escalation and a flagrant violation of all principles of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions. It considers...
Date of source: Sunday, March 8, 2026
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī attended the Police Academy Iftar in the presence of Prime Minister Dr. Muṣṭafā Madbūlī; the Minister of Interior Major General Maḥmūd Tawfīq; as well as a number of ministers and students of the Police Academy with their parents.