women
Forbes lists Egypt’s Azza Fahmy Jewerly among top women behind Middle Eastern brands
Life & Style
August 28, 2019
Forbes lists Egypt’s Azza Fahmy Jewerly among top women behind Middle Eastern brands
Iconic Egyptian jewelry designer Azza Fahmy, alongside her daughters Amina and Fatma Ghali have been ranked fifth among the top…
Egypt launches wide-scale metro campaign for women empowerment
Features/Interviews
August 24, 2019
Egypt launches wide-scale metro campaign for women empowerment
Lately, a wave of campaigns encouraging women empowerment in Egypt have begun to prop up, hoping to bring change in…
‘Benat Seshat’ Initiative uses digital literacy to empower orphan women
Features/Interviews
August 21, 2019
‘Benat Seshat’ Initiative uses digital literacy to empower orphan women
In the numerous villages that lie at the bottom of Upper Egypt, many still see education for women as a…
Victim-blamers have empathy, but it’s mostly for perpetrators
Society
August 19, 2019
Victim-blamers have empathy, but it’s mostly for perpetrators
You may have seen it among your own friends: a high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all…
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
Middle East
August 4, 2019
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Yazidi women and girls who were enslaved and raped by Islamic State militants have few choices.…
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Middle East
July 14, 2019
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Freed after years in jihadist captivity, Jihan faced an agonizing ultimatum: abandon her three small children fathered by an Islamic…
Serena ‘saw therapist’ after US Open meltdown, apologizes to Osaka
World
July 10, 2019
Serena ‘saw therapist’ after US Open meltdown, apologizes to Osaka
Serena Williams revealed Tuesday that she consulted a therapist after her infamous 2018 US Open final meltdown in which her…
Egyptian Women’s Health Initiative kicks off in 9 governorates
Health & Fitness
June 30, 2019
Egyptian Women’s Health Initiative kicks off in 9 governorates
Under the slogan “Egypt’s Women are Egypt’s health”, the first phase of a Presidential campaign to support women’s health began…
Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
Science
June 15, 2019
Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
Who will take the giant leap for womankind? More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, NASA…
Meet Egypt’s Marianne Azer, a stunning representative of female MPs
Egypt
June 13, 2019
Meet Egypt’s Marianne Azer, a stunning representative of female MPs
For the first time in Egypt’s history, an Egyptian female MP, Marianne Azer, spoke at the annual Rotary International Convention,…