divorce
Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry
Egypt
November 30, 2010
Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry
Egypt's Court of Administrative Justice on Tuesday upheld an earlier judicial ruling allowing Coptic Christian divorcees to remarry.
‘Marry Me, Thank You’: The perennial quest for an adequate husband
Books
November 25, 2010
‘Marry Me, Thank You’: The perennial quest for an adequate husband
A few weeks ago, up-and-coming writer Omnia Fawzy celebrated the launch of her first book, Etgawezni, Shokran (‘Marry Me, Thank…
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Egypt
October 13, 2010
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Family and Population Minister Moushira Khattab warned this week that soaring national divorce rates threatened Egyptian society with "collapse.”
Egyptian-American sues government over custody law
Egypt
September 1, 2010
Egyptian-American sues government over custody law
Egyptian-American Mohamad Abd al-Sameea is suing the Egyptian government through the international court system because of Egypt's "parental visitation" law…
Egypt’s divorce rates rising, says official agency
Egypt
August 13, 2010
Egypt’s divorce rates rising, says official agency
Divorce rates among Egyptians between the age of 18 and 29 have risen to a whopping 40 percent, according to…
Churches hail court’s reversal on remarriage
Egypt
July 8, 2010
Churches hail court’s reversal on remarriage
Egypt's Coptic, Catholic and Anglican Churches all welcomed a decision by the Supreme Constitutional Court to overturn a previous ruling…
Court ruling on Coptic remarriage overturned
Egypt
July 7, 2010
Court ruling on Coptic remarriage overturned
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an earlier verdict issued in May by the Supreme Administrative Court that obliged…
Shenouda: Jehova’s Witnesses aren’t Christians
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Shenouda: Jehova’s Witnesses aren’t Christians
In his Wednesday sermon, Coptic Pope Shenouda III stated that Jehova's Witnesses "are not Christians," noting that it was permissable…
Coptic lawyers protest personal-status law
Egypt
June 24, 2010
Coptic lawyers protest personal-status law
Scores of Coptic lawyers of a secular orientation staged a protest on the staircase outside Justice Ministry headquarters against a…
Church officials blast meeting on personal status law
Egypt
June 14, 2010
Church officials blast meeting on personal status law
A commission drawn up by the Minister of Justice met for the first time on Monday to prepare a unified…