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5. In Egypt... the country of contradictions: Celebrating the millennium is more important than the memory of the Islamic Opening Up of Egypt
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
While government officials in Egypt worked day and night, and spent 35 million pounds, not on building or repairing schools, houses, or monuments damaged by earthquakes, not on health insurance or founding jobs for the unemployed who are increasing daily; but on the celebration of the "Third...
2. Veiled insinuations
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Infringement on personal freedom or sound educational policy? The ban on wearing the niqab, or full face-veil, in schools has stirred intense controversy and a lengthy legal battle ever since it was issued by Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahaaeddin in 1994. The legal wrangle came to an end...
5. Mothers in waiting
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The Court of Cassation recently ruled that a husband’s infertility does not constitute sufficient grounds for his wife to file for divorce. The court justified its ruling with the statement that the aim of marriage is not procreation, but the exercise of mu’adda [love, friendship] and rahma [mercy...

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