society

If you travel 120 km from Upper Egypt’s ancient city of Aswan, you will reach the ‘Egyptian Ladies Village’, commonly…

Do you remember the story of the Little Mermaid? How Ariel used to spend all her time under water and…

  Marva Khallaf, the campaign speaker for ‘Tamarod’ – a grassroots Egyptian movement – started a hashtag ‘Italaqi Americani’ (Ger…

The director of the Cairo Center for Legal Studies, Ahmed Mahran, filed a claim to the top prosecutor’s office against…

Promundo, a Brazilian organization that campaigns for gender equality, recently released a study examining sexual harassment and gender inequality from…

Parliamentarian Badr Abdel Aziz suggested a draft law which would fine or imprison Egyptian who name their children Western names…

Born and raised in Egypt's conservative southern province of Assiut, Rania Medhat is challenging sexist barriers and restrictive notions about…

A 24-year old man was stabbed to death following an argument over the cheque at a coffee shop in Heliopolis…

Twenty-nine-year old travel-passionate Menna Shahin tried to break the ice of societal traditions by launching a Facebook page entitled "She…

From scientific studies to sitcoms, society portrays men as wired to prefer sexual flings and spurn commitment, and evolution wanted…