Date of source: Monday, August 6, 2018
I completed an internship with the Center for Arab-West Understanding between July 16 and August 2, 2018, and during this time, I focused my attention on the position of women in Egypt. Drs Cornelis Hulsman asked me to look into the work of Dr. Nawal El Saadawi [Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī] who, in my opinion...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 to Sunday, April 1, 2018
Salafīs have saved the village of Sharbāt, al-Nahdāh neighborhood, in the western Alexandria district of al-'Āmrīyah, from a conflagration that could have consumed everyone in its way, said the spokesman for the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party, the second largest in the Egyptian parliament.
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2017
Her father was accused of betraying ʿUrābī and his revolution, and that he was a reason for facilitating the British to enter Egypt. She was also shocked by the death of her brother, who was the one who understood her most, despite her young age. When she was a child, she was forced to marry...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2016 to Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Article about a group of Westerners living in Siwa oasis.
Siwa Oasis lies on the fringes of the Republic; yet an unexpected community has made it their home.
Date of source: Friday, May 29, 2015
Hudā Badrān, the President of the General Council for Egyptian Women, condemned the campaign to disgrace women who do not wear the hijāb. The campaign is spreading over social media and is set to take place throughout Ramadan. Badrān criticized the campaign, saying that it contradicts the 2014...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī was born in Kafr Tahlah in Egypt's Delta, in 1931. Arab Women's Solidarity Association (AWSA) which was headed by al-Saʿdāwī came to existence as an international non-profit organization that aims at promoting Arab women's active participation in social, economic, cultural, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Āmīnah Wadūd; an African-American woman who was raised as a Christian by her father, a Methodist minister, converted to Islam in 1972. Āmīnah Wadūd is widely known for her strong engagement in Islamic feminism and along with other Islamic feminists, Wadūd fights for women’s complete and equal...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2016
Munā al-Tahtawī’s new book “Headscarves and Hymens” calls for a revolution in the Middle Eastern women’s mentality. The book begins with a discussion of the women’s body, asserting that the Middle Eastern woman is attacked by Arab culture and traditions which function as a prison to women not just...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Expert in African affairs: Clarification that being a woman in Sudan is preferable to being a woman in Egypt
Dr. Amānī al-Tawīl has explained that the situation for women is much better in Sudan than in Egypt. The Sudanese Women’s Union was formed before Sudanese independence. The Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2015
The Egyptian Feminist Union participates in the celebration “She Can”
The Egyptian Feminist Union will take part tomorrow in the “She Can” celebration, which was organized by the responsible of the Ashūkā Arab World Organization in the context of the celebrations for International Woman’s Day, at...