Newly appointed Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs, Nabila Makram, stirred controversy over the clothes she donned while being sworn into Egypt’s new cabinet on Saturday. Makram attended the swearing-in ceremony wearing a short-sleeved black top and loose black pants. While Makram and the two other women in the cabinet, Ghada Waly and Sahar Nasr, were commended on social media for looking “elegant” and “presentable,” one television host declared that Makram’s attire was “inappropriate for the occasion.” Ahmed Moussa spoke out on his talk show, “’Ala Mas’ouleety,” saying that Makram has a “respectable history” but that she made the wrong call wearing that outfit. The women ministers’ appearance prompted a flurry of conversation on social media platforms, with Twitter users using the hashtag “Egypt is getting prettier” to say it has been “a long time” since Egypt had “chic” women ministers. In response to Moussa’s claim and the debate that followed, privately owned AlMasry AlYoum cited an “informed source” as saying that the presidency does not have stringent rules for what to wear when meeting the president or being sworn in, adding that a formal dress code is nonetheless…
