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Marital rape: Learning to cope in a society that fails to acknowledge its existence
Life & Style

Marital rape: Learning to cope in a society that fails to acknowledge its existence

Every society has taboos. In Egypt, one of them is marital rape, which is when a husband forces his wife…
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Egypt

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.”
TV announcer to face trial for killing wife
Egypt

TV announcer to face trial for killing wife

The Attorney General on Wednesday referred television announcer Ehab Salah Saeed, 45, to a criminal court on charges of murdering…
Women’s rights: Legal reforms or social change?
Egypt

Women’s rights: Legal reforms or social change?

Ten years after a series of legal reforms in Egypt’s personal status laws, more is needed according to women rights…
UN official: Human trafficking still poses challenge for Egypt
Egypt

UN official: Human trafficking still poses challenge for Egypt

Egypt is actively combating human trafficking by adopting appropriate legislation, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the UN's special rapporteur on trafficking in…
Swiss region ready to pay compensation to Qadhafi son
World

Swiss region ready to pay compensation to Qadhafi son

Geneva--A Swiss regional government said Wednesday it was ready to pay compensation to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi…
Exhibit opens door on Lebanon’s secret, domestic violence
World

Exhibit opens door on Lebanon’s secret, domestic violence

Through the blurry self-portraits and dark images fused with symbolism they silently share the torment, anger and fear they have…
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