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September 30, 2018, 8:27 am
Egyptian woman sentenced for video criticizing sexual harassment
Amal Fathi, 33, convicted of spreading fake news after complaining of harassment by bank guard, is fined $560 and given two-year suspended jail sentence
By AFP
Egyptian actress Yasmin Raeis speaks during an AFP interview in the capital Cairo, on March 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
March 12, 2018, 3:28 pm
Egypt filmmakers defy taboos of conservative society
From mockery of the government ban on passionate kisses to TV series on unmarried women seeing men, young generation trying to bring back ‘golden age’ of Egyptian cinema
By AFP
Egyptian television hostess Doaa Salah (YouTube screenshot/Al-Nahar TV)
November 4, 2017, 10:56 am
Egyptian TV host jailed for speaking of pregnancy outside marriage
Doaa Salah sentenced to 3 years in prison for suggesting a woman could marry only to conceive, then divorce
By AFP
A sculpture, entitled Mother of the Martyr, depicts a slender peasant woman, representing Egypt, with a helmeted soldier standing behind her, Sohag, Egypt, August 2016. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Ahmed)
September 5, 2016, 7:59 pm
‘Sexual harassment’ sculpture faces backlash in Egypt
Provincial governor orders changes after social media criticism of memorial to fallen soldiers
By Hamza Hendawi
Egyptian TV host Khadija Khatab (YouTube screenshot)
August 18, 2016, 10:36 am
Egypt TV suspends ‘overweight’ female hosts
Eight presenters told they must diet and restore ‘appropriate appearance,’ causing local outcry
By TOI staff
An ad placed by a sub-franchise of Gold’s Gym in Egypt, for which Gold's Gym apologized, August 17, 2016 (Facebook)
August 18, 2016, 8:28 am
Gold’s Gym ends Egypt branch contract over body-shaming ad
Cairo gym runs ad showing a pear with message saying ‘This is no shape for a girl,’ prompting condemnation
By AFP
Egyptian women. (AP/Amr Nabil/File)
May 31, 2016, 2:08 am
Egypt investigates teenage girl’s death during circumcision
Female genital mutilation, banned in 2008, remains widespread in the country, according to UN researchers
By AFP
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