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Parliament rejects proposal to cancel women’s right to divorce
Egypt

Parliament rejects proposal to cancel women’s right to divorce

The People's Assembly’s Proposals and Complaints Committee has rejected a draft law proposing the cancellation of khula divorces, state-run news…
The embattled new National Council for Women
Egypt

The embattled new National Council for Women

Since the beginning of this year, the National Council for Women has continually been brought into question by political forces…
Independent MP proposes draft law to limit women’s right to divorce
Egypt

Independent MP proposes draft law to limit women’s right to divorce

An independent MP has joined the heated debate over women’s rights by suggesting a controversial draft law to limit the…
Islamist MPs attack family laws and National Council for Women
Egypt

Islamist MPs attack family laws and National Council for Women

A number of MPs expressed their rejection of how members of the National Council for Women were appointed, saying it…
Backlash against ‘Suzanne Mubarak laws’ was inevitable
Opinion

Backlash against ‘Suzanne Mubarak laws’ was inevitable

Believe it or not: Egyptian men are busy planning and implementing another revolution, but this time women will not play…
Coptic Church resumes examination of divorce requests
Egypt

Coptic Church resumes examination of divorce requests

The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Clerical Council for Personal Affairs resumed on Tuesday examining requests for divorce submitted by Copts, after…
120 Coptic Christians leave Orthodox Church over divorce, remarriage laws
Egypt

120 Coptic Christians leave Orthodox Church over divorce, remarriage laws

The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has received more than 120 individual notices from Coptic Christians informing the Church that…
Egyptian Copts to leave denomination in protest over remarriage
Egypt

Egyptian Copts to leave denomination in protest over remarriage

In what they described as an “unprecedented” step in the history of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, a group of Coptic…
Islamists threaten to roll back legal gains for women
Egypt

Islamists threaten to roll back legal gains for women

Ahmed Abubaker, a 35-year-old teacher has little interest in politics and barely followed the developments of the Egyptian revolution. But…
Wife demands divorce after husband accepts free meal
Egypt

Wife demands divorce after husband accepts free meal

The university professor didn’t realize that accepting free food would end his married life. But when he decided to break…
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