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Women in Egypt

Egyptian female judge Radwa Helmi Ahmad sits on her first court hearing at the State Council in the capital Cairo, on March 5, 2022. (Samer ABDALLAH / AFP)
March 6, 2022, 7:02 pm
In first, female judge presides over hearing in Egyptian top court
Radwa Helmi, one of 98 women appointed to State Council last year, becomes the first to take a seat on its bench
By AFP
This picture taken on January 23, 2022, in Cairo shows a laptop displaying a scene from the Netflix-produced pan-Arab film 'Ashab wala Aaz' depicting Lebanese actors Adel Karam and Diamand Bou Abboud. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
January 25, 2022, 9:56 am
Risque Netflix comedy-drama stirs outrage in Egypt, calls to ban streaming service
Lawsuits filed against government for allowing movie ‘Ashab wala Aaz’ — remake of Italian film ‘Perfect Strangers’ — to be aired
By AFP
Egyptian women. (AP/Amr Nabil/File)
January 26, 2015, 4:41 pm
Egypt court jails doctor for fatal female circumcision
Despite 2008 ban, procedure still widespread in country, especially in rural areas
By AFP
An Egyptian woman walks past a vehicle carrying anti-riot police officers deployed to secure a protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 14, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
June 15, 2014, 6:51 am
Egypt sends 13 to trial for sexual violence
In the three years since Mubarak’s ouster, rallies in the capital have witnessed escalating attacks on women
By Laura Dean
Graffiti of a woman with the words "no harassment" in Arabic from 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
April 8, 2014, 12:29 pm
In Egypt, women still have a long way to go
Despite gains on paper thanks to a new constitution, women’s right’s activists say there has been little progress
By Laura Dean
Egyptian rapper Myam Mahmoud poses for a portrait in downtown Cairo. Mahmoud, an 18-year-old Egyptian, rapped her way to the semi-finals of the Middle East’s hit TV show Arabs Got Talent. While she didn’t win the program, Mahmoud did succeed in shining a spotlight on the social ills that plague Egypt today. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
December 28, 2013, 10:48 am
Egyptian rapper speaks for women
Eighteen-year-old Myam Mahmoud tackles some of the biggest social challenges women face in the Arab world through music
By MARIAM RIZK
From the WebFebruary 6, 2013, 1:18 am
Egypt to mandate women-only cars on trains
National railways begins gender segregated travel ‘to curb sexual harassment,’ Egypt Independent reports
Thousands of Egyptian protesters gather in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, January 25 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
February 1, 2013, 4:14 am
UN voices outrage over reported Tahrir Square rapes
Human rights officials call for action after 25 women said sexually assaulted during recent rallies in Cairo
Sabah al-Saqari, 49, a senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, works at her office in the FJP's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 4 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
October 6, 2012, 5:06 am
Woman enters running to chair Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood party
Liberals slam candidacy as cynical attempt by the Islamist group to improve its image
By Maggie Fick
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