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It was expected that the visit of Pope John Paul II would start in Iraq, as did the trip of Abraham. He would then go to Egypt passing by Palestine. It was hoped that this trip would draw attention to the suffering of the Iraqi people and the hunger that was harming children before adults. However...
The peacemaking committee has not completed its work in Al-Kosheh. They have a few major problems.
Two controversial items in the draft of the new Personal Status Law are Al-Khul’a [a woman’s right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her marriage rights and returning the dowry he had given for her], and the right of a married Muslim woman to travel on her...
Before referring the draft of the Law Regulating the Personal Status to the People’s Assembly, President Hosni Mubarak held a meeting to ensure that the rules of Islamic Shari’a canonical were met in the draft. In the deliberations of the Azhar on the new draft there were disagreements, however, on...
Hanna Nashid, the counselor, is the first Christian who chairs the Cairo City Council. His election was an very significant event in the face of claims of persecution of Christians. He hopes that he can develop the methods of management and enter the new century with very cultured counselors who...
Khul’a, a new item in the Personal Status Draft Law, gives a woman the right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her rights and returning the dowry he had given for her. This interview explains the story behind the new legislation.
At last the 13 Coptic Christian churches agreed on the project of the unified personal status law for the Christians, and it was sent to the Ministry of Justice. Now they are forming a committee, which consists of some Christian religious men and representatives of the legislative department in...

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