Human rights groups and activists have lashed out against the government’s ruling to bar women from the Council of State’s association – the body that advises the government. According to

CAIRO: The Egyptian Government, represented by the National Council for Women, in Geneva last Friday,

This is with reference to the news, ‘France Moves to Outlaw Burqa (KT, January 24).

In recent years, Morocco, Egypt, and Turkey have trained and appointed a new group to the ranks of religious guides: women. Women religious guides, referred to as murshidat in Arabic,

DAMANHOUR and CAIRO: Women are often seen as the glue of the family and in Egypt, a number of women have become the glue that keeps the adhesive together in

As we reported earlier, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has released a comprehensive and thorough report, called “Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform,”

Hamid Karzai was sworn in for another term as Afghanistan's President this morning. This against the backdrop of explosive news here in Canada that in 2006 and 2007, senior government

The Shabaab movement in Somalia controls large parts of the south and centre of the country, and because officials in this movement embrace the Wahabi ideology they have imposed their

Many in the government, including Gendi, have pointed to this increasing trend of men and women remaining single as a “main concern” as the country moves forward.

Hoda Ramzy, another student, was expelled from Al-Azhar Institute in Shoubra, today, for merely wearing a niqab.