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Ingredients of a good marriage: 50% love, 20% compatibility, 30% sex
Books
December 16, 2010
Ingredients of a good marriage: 50% love, 20% compatibility, 30% sex
Marriage is no easy ride--this is May Taher’s message in her latest book, “When the Honeymoon is Over.” The collection…
Court verdict permitting remarriage ‘irrelevant,’ says church lawyer
Egypt
December 1, 2010
Court verdict permitting remarriage ‘irrelevant,’ says church lawyer
Coptic Church lawyer Ramses al-Naggar said a Wednesday court verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry would be "irrelevant" since it…
Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry
Egypt
November 30, 2010
Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry
Egypt's Court of Administrative Justice on Tuesday upheld an earlier judicial ruling allowing Coptic Christian divorcees to remarry.
‘Marry Me, Thank You’: The perennial quest for an adequate husband
Books
November 25, 2010
‘Marry Me, Thank You’: The perennial quest for an adequate husband
A few weeks ago, up-and-coming writer Omnia Fawzy celebrated the launch of her first book, Etgawezni, Shokran (‘Marry Me, Thank…
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Egypt
October 13, 2010
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Family and Population Minister Moushira Khattab warned this week that soaring national divorce rates threatened Egyptian society with "collapse.”
Egyptian-American sues government over custody law
Egypt
September 1, 2010
Egyptian-American sues government over custody law
Egyptian-American Mohamad Abd al-Sameea is suing the Egyptian government through the international court system because of Egypt's "parental visitation" law…
Egypt’s divorce rates rising, says official agency
Egypt
August 13, 2010
Egypt’s divorce rates rising, says official agency
Divorce rates among Egyptians between the age of 18 and 29 have risen to a whopping 40 percent, according to…
Churches hail court’s reversal on remarriage
Egypt
July 8, 2010
Churches hail court’s reversal on remarriage
Egypt's Coptic, Catholic and Anglican Churches all welcomed a decision by the Supreme Constitutional Court to overturn a previous ruling…
Court ruling on Coptic remarriage overturned
Egypt
July 7, 2010
Court ruling on Coptic remarriage overturned
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an earlier verdict issued in May by the Supreme Administrative Court that obliged…
Shenouda: Jehova’s Witnesses aren’t Christians
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Shenouda: Jehova’s Witnesses aren’t Christians
In his Wednesday sermon, Coptic Pope Shenouda III stated that Jehova's Witnesses "are not Christians," noting that it was permissable…