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The author discusses the increasing problem of sexual harassment in Egypt.
Rose al-Yūsuf reports about different opinions regarding the recent decision to ban books written by Jamāl al-Bannā.
The Coptic Orthodox Church will hold a conference on the unified personal status law that is entitled, ‘A unified law for Christians…will the suffering end for Christian women?’ and has invited the first lady, Suzanne Mubārak to attend.
The 1990s witnessed a confrontation between international organizations trying to work in Egypt and law 32/1964, preventing founding NGOs receiving foreign finances. Since most of the activists are lawyers, they began digging inside the body of the law to find legal ways of doing this. Tens of NGOs...
Under the existing law, a rapist has the choice of either facing criminal charges or marrying his victim. Article 290 of the Penal Code stipulates that rape is punishable by death, but Article 291 states that if a rapist offers to marry his victim and she agrees, criminal charges are dropped and...

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