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Slowly changing Egypt’s old stereotypes
After February’s vote by the State Council for Administrative Judges against female judges, the council’s vice president was quoted by Egyptian media as saying he didn’t think women could handle the workload of cases. Another top official added that having female judges could violate Islamic proscriptions against meetings between unrelated men and women. The... »
Residents sue over mega tourist port project in Luxor
Residents of el-Maris are suing the government to stop the expropriation of 210 hectares of their land and the relocation of 10,000 people over plans to build a $1 billion port for more than 180 Nile cruise boats in Luxor. According to one lawyer for the group, the government’s proposed plan violates the Egyptian constitution... »
What is an Egyptian antiquity and how to protect it?
At the heart of a “heated debate” in the Egyptian Parliament (People’s Assembly) was the question of what constitutes an Egyptian antiquity and whether the people are capable of identifying an object as such. Article 8 of the proposed law, supported by Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would ban the trade or any other form... »
Quota law for women in Egypt's Parliament
Egypt’s parliament has passed a law allocating a quota of 64 seats in the lower house to women, in what a minister said on Monday was aimed at promoting their role in society. The new law adopted on Sunday will give women more than 12 percent of the seats in an expanded parliament after the... »
Obama chooses Egypt to address the Muslim world
President Obama will make his promised speech to the Muslim world from Egypt, a White House official said on Friday. Obama pledged during the campaign to address the Muslim world from a Muslim capital within the first few months of taking office. Picking a site proved challenging for a range of reasons — from diplomacy... »
