All posts tagged "women’s rights"

“It is truly and utterly upsetting, but at the end of the day, I knew where they...

An Egyptian court has acquitted the first doctor ever brought to trial in Egypt on female genital...

In October of 1933, Lotfia El Nadi became the first Egyptian female to receive an aviation license. Yesterday Google...

By Mustafa Abdel-Halim,* Common Ground News This August, two young Egyptian musicians released songs on the topic of...

Ahmed Fayed, 17, was stabbed to death on Sunday while attempting to rescue women from sexual harassment,...

Amr Adib, an Egyptian television host with one of the highest number of viewers in the Middle East,...

Their video ‘Creepers on the Bridge’, which captures the feeling of intimidation women in Cairo often experience...

Creepers on the Bridge from Tinne Van Loon on Vimeo. While once upon a time Egyptian men...

By Rana Khaled, Daily News Egypt Women riding motorcycles is considered a taboo in Egyptian society, where...

An Egyptian preacher made headlines on social media after he issued a controversial fatwa (religious proclamation) giving...

By Nourhan Magdi, The Cairo Post Four female police officers were promoted to the rank of major...

CAIRO: Justice Organization for Development and Human Rights (JODHR) issued a report of leaked documents from the...

An Egyptian court sentenced on Thursday two people to life imprisonment and one to 20 years in...

The unmistakable red and green stickers on the women’s subway cars showing the quintessential stick-figure of a...

In communities where poverty and illiteracy are rife, you invariably see girls under the age of eighteen...

An Egyptian court has sentenced seven people to life in prison and two men to 20 years imprisonment...

By Dalia Farouk, The Cairo Post Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasing in rural areas in Egypt...