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Church source: Church seeking unified personal status law to avoid conflict
Egypt
July 23, 2011
Church source: Church seeking unified personal status law to avoid conflict
The Coptic Orthodox Church is seeking to have the unified personal status law for non-Muslims passed as soon as possible,…
Egyptian women protect rights from Islamist groups
Egypt
July 21, 2011
Egyptian women protect rights from Islamist groups
Feminists dismayed that Egypt's revolution is failing to advance their cause are trying to rally disparate women's groups to defend…
Copts encircle the Clerical Council, demanding right to remarry
Egypt
July 18, 2011
Copts encircle the Clerical Council, demanding right to remarry
Over 120 Copts surrounded the Clerical Council of Saint Mark's Cathedral in Abbasseya on Monday to protest against the…
Coptic protesters call for a relaxation of divorce regulations
Egypt
July 7, 2011
Coptic protesters call for a relaxation of divorce regulations
A group of Egyptian Copts protested in Cairo on Thursday, demanding the annulment of Church-sanctioned divorce regulations, and calling instead…
Egyptian women’s legal center demands personal status law for Copts
Egypt
July 2, 2011
Egyptian women’s legal center demands personal status law for Copts
The Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA) announced support for Copts' demand for a personal status law for non-Muslims.…
Court grants divorce for woman at center of Imbaba sectarian violence
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Court grants divorce for woman at center of Imbaba sectarian violence
The Monufiya Family Court has granted the divorce of Abir Talaat Fakhry, the woman at the heart of sectarian violence…
64% Egyptian men suffer from erectile dysfunction
Egypt
January 24, 2011
64% Egyptian men suffer from erectile dysfunction
Sixty-four percent of Egyptian men aged between 35-70 suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED), andrology experts said on Thursday at a…
Official: Egypt saw 5 times more marriages than divorces in 2009
Egypt
January 6, 2011
Official: Egypt saw 5 times more marriages than divorces in 2009
Abu Bakr al-Gendy, head of official statistics agency CAPMAS, announced this week that marriage rates in Egypt were nearly five times…
Ingredients of a good marriage: 50% love, 20% compatibility, 30% sex
Books
December 16, 2010
Ingredients of a good marriage: 50% love, 20% compatibility, 30% sex
Marriage is no easy ride--this is May Taher’s message in her latest book, “When the Honeymoon is Over.” The collection…
Court verdict permitting remarriage ‘irrelevant,’ says church lawyer
Egypt
December 1, 2010
Court verdict permitting remarriage ‘irrelevant,’ says church lawyer
Coptic Church lawyer Ramses al-Naggar said a Wednesday court verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry would be "irrelevant" since it…