Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2021
A wave of anger and accusation has sparked since the killing of a women in al-Salām district. The incident occurred on Thursday, when the woman was thrown from the balcony of her apartment on the sixth floor by three people, due to allegations by the property’s guard regarding her behaviour. The...
Date of source: Friday, March 12, 2021
Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq and his meetings with political and religious leaders is a powerful move by the pope to spread peace and bring hope to a country where there appears to be no limit to its suffering. However, the trip is also a powerful reminder of the trial and tribulations of...
Date of source: Friday, March 12, 2021
Egyptian newspapers and websites discussed the phenomenon of sexual harassment and sexual assault after a child was sexually assaulted in the al-Maʿādī suburb of Cairo. A man was captured on surveillance cameras trying to sexually assault a young girl behind a wall inside one of the nearby...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights (ECWR) has completely rejected the new personal status law. In the first reading of the law, which was issued by the Egyptian Cabinet and published in al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ on February 23, the ECWR found it shocking and not appropriate for the times since it...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2021
Egyptian TV presenter, Tāmir Amīn, is facing a major crisis after his attack on the people of Upper Egypt [al-Ṣaʿayda], accusing them of causing overpopulation, and sending their children to work instead of taking care of them. He said parents have their boys being sent to work in workshops, while...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2021
The General Evangelical Council and the heads of the Evangelical denominations in Egypt have decided to gradually return to worship for all week-day meetings, special occasions, and retreats at all churches part of the Evangelical Community in Egypt as long as all Coronavirus measures required by...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2021
Talk show host Tāmir Amīn has gotten in trouble on social media and in public opinion after alleging that people from Upper Egypt [al-Ṣaʿīd] and other rural parts of Egypt have children just to put them to work.
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria, represented by the churches of the central sector, has launched an initiative to raise awareness for Christian families entitled “Bless My Home”, which includes a group of spiritual sermons warning against the negative impact of social media on the...
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2021
Recent official data has revealed a decline in poverty rates in Egypt, for the first time in 22 years.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Since President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī rose to power in 2014, the Egyptian government has built over 600 bridges and roughly 21 new axes for over 85 billion EGP (5.3 billion American dollars). The government is also planning to build a thousand overpasses costing 130 billion EGP (roughly 8 billion...