Also, several feminist leaders slammed failure to have good representation of women in the Qandīl government although Qandīl and before him Mursī had pledged that women will be represented in a way satisfactory to all segments of the society.

“Is it acceptable that a post-revolution government should ignore women and Copts?” wondered Margaret ‘Āzir, a member of the al-Wafd Party’s higher office, adding a systematic way is in place to debar women and even erase their roles in politics.

Fātin Subhī, a representative of the Movement to Defend Egyptian Women, termed as “disappointing” the new cabinet.

“The presence of only three women out of a total 29 ministers in the cabinet does not express the demands of the January 25 revolution,” said Subhī.

Laylá ‘Abd al-Wahāb, a professor of sociology in Benha University, said Dr. Mursī had promised to remove all forms of discrimination, on top of them the discrimination against women, but apparently this promise was not fulfilled. [Suhá Salāh and Sārah Muhsin, al-Wafd, Aug. 4, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic