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ajonesn

Egyptian Stigma on Divorce - 0 views

www.dailynewsegypt.com/...n-the-social-stigma-of-divorce

divorce womens rights egypt

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  • ajonesn on 13 Apr 15
     
    Women recall their experiences on divorce. Terms such as embarrassing and traumatizing are used. This a great article that displays how controlled women are in marriages that they do not want to be in and what happens after the divorce.
sgriffi2

Social Issues for Women in Egypt - 0 views

The Egyptian Center of Women's Rights has welcomed a court decision allowing a mother's right to issue birth certificates for her children, the organization announced on March 23. The organizatio...

#women #womensrights #egypt #feminism

started by sgriffi2 on 11 Apr 15 no follow-up yet
sgriffi2

Sisi honors mother who dressed as man - 0 views

Sisa Gaber Abu Douh, the 65 year old woman who was forced to dress as a man to make money for her daughter, was awarded by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday for working more than 40 years. I...

#women #womensrights #politics

started by sgriffi2 on 24 Mar 15 no follow-up yet
csosa14

Islamic State Executions: ISIS Stones Couple For Adultery In Latest Public Killings Ove... - 0 views

www.ibtimes.com/t-public-killings-over-1857526

execution public ISIS couple

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  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    The public stoning involved a couple in their 20s. The woman was wearing a full face veil.
  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    The public stoning involved a couple in their 20s. The woman was wearing a full face veil.
  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    The public stoning involved a couple in their 20s. The woman was wearing a full face veil.
aacosta8

CyberOrient - 0 views

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Arab Spring Egypt Tunisia Libya Cyberactivists

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  • aacosta8 on 26 Jan 16
     
    CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East In places, especially in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, social media became prominent in revolutionizing the Middle East. Blogs such as Facebook, Twitter and Flicker became critical to introducing new political changes.
aacosta8

Arab Media & Society - 0 views

www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=769

Arab Media Cyberactivism Egypt Social Media

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  • aacosta8 on 26 Jan 16
     
    Arab Media & Society is the primary reference for understanding the role of media in shaping Arab societies and the broader Muslim world. New media avenues enabled an effective form of citizen journalism.
mportie

The Evolution of Censorship in the Middle East - Near East Observatory - 0 views

neobservatory.org/...-censorship-in-the-middle-east

politics censorship government

shared by mportie on 27 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • mportie on 27 Jan 16
     
    The article details the history of censorship by Middle Eastern governments and how it has responded to newer technologies. Most notably social media and the Internet are the most prevalent targets of censorship by modern governments.
mcooka

Egypt fills its prisons, but don't worry, it'll make more - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of th... - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...s-prison-free-speech-sisi.html

egypt Politics war Revolution

shared by mcooka on 04 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • gypt's worsening human rights abuses are not going unnoticed.
  • People are being assaulted on many fronts, from travel restrictions and false imprisonment to limits on freedom of expression, torture and killings.
  • pproved 16 new prisons in only 2½ years in response to the detention of thousands of young people. Some facilities are still under construction. The number of prisons in Egypt has risen from 42 to 52 since 2011,
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  • 10,000 detainees are under investigation or awaiting trial in detention centers and prisons, and Eid wrote in a Jan. 13 Twitter post that Egypt now houses around 60,000 political prisoners.
  • The statement condemned the arrest of journalists and a number of activists affiliated with certain social movements, primarily the April 6 Youth Movement. T
  • he movement has said it considers the regime’s attempts to crush it as "failures," further characterizing this era of Egypt’s judiciary as bleak.
  • Egyptian authorities are not content with merely preventing some citizens active in society from leaving the country. They also are barring the return of others who they allege pose a security risk
  • he was questioned for about 16 hours and her personal laptop and cellphone were searched. She was subsequently denied entry and deported back to Tunisia, an incident that rights organizations consider blatant police interference in academic liberties.
  • In October, Alexandria University canceled, for “security reasons,” a lecture by Essam Heggy, a NASA scientist and former adviser to Mansour. Heggy is known for his critical views about the Egyptian government.
  • mcooka on 04 Feb 16
     
    This is an article which criticizes all of the Prison growth in Egypt. It has risen from 40 into the 60's in the last two years. There have been huge human rights violations involving the police.
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