Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
In 2007, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī was elected Vice President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt. During his eight years in office, he has taken great efforts to strengthen relations between the Evangelical Church and other churches and denominations, both in Egypt and abroad.
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2022
On the morning of the 15th of December and within the framework of the draft legislation of the Personal Status Laws that was funded by the German Embassy, the Center for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance held a discussion entitled “Personal Status Laws: between Reality and Aspirations”. Those...
Date of source: Monday, December 19, 2022
Reverend Andriya Zakī, head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, said that the construction of 428 churches has been legalized in the past 5 years, out of a total of 1,070 churches and buildings proposed by the community. This is in accordance with the Law on the Building and Restoration of...
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2022
After Copts have suffered for years in court cases related to the distribution of inheritance shares, Professor Nelly Fam, an attorney of cassation (or appeals), succeeded in implementing the Coptic Orthodox Personal Status Law, with its provisions on inheritance, the entitlement of heirs, and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Sohag [Sūhāj] Family Court has ruled that the husband’s conversion to Islam is not sufficient cause to grant his Christian wife a divorce, refusing to apply the official statute of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, June 27, 2022
Prof. Dr. Hudā Ghagab ʿAwaḍ, is processor of political science at Misr International University, is secretary-general of the Centre for Arab-West Understanding since May 23, 2012, board member of CEOSS and is an active member of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights.
Dr. Hudā met on May 10, 2022,...
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2022
The Administrative Court ruled on Saturday against accepting the lawsuit of lawyer Samīr Ṣabrī, which demanded the prohibition of the niqāb in public, private and international schools.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Last year, the Egyptian Cabinet increased the punishment for female genital mutilation (FGM) to a maximum 20-year prison sentence, but this has not limited the spread of the practice.
Date of source: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Dr Aḥmad Karīma, professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at al-Azhar University, has attacked the draft personal status law that is currently being reviewed in the House of Representatives.
Shaykh Aḥmad Karīma stressed that the proposed penalty for a husband who does not inform his wife of his...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2021
Amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act under Law No. 94 of 2015 have established essential parameters to confront terrorists and block the sources which finance extremist activates. These amendments were approved by the Parliament’s Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, headed by...