The ministry refused licensing the eight organizations because their activities clash with the principle of the state’s sovereignty, said Counselor Muhammad al-Dimirdāsh, the ministry’s legal advisor.

He elaborated that the Littlest Lamb was approved because it agreed to work under the umbrella of the Egyptian government and met all conditions and measures necessary for non-governmental activities in Egypt. [Hālah al-Sayīd, al-Ahrām, April 24, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic