Author: Iman Adel

Iman Adel is a journalist who writes for Lebanon-based daily Daraj.

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Will Sisi Let Her Die? A Mother’s Hunger Strike And The Cruelty Of Egyptian Justice 

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Laila Soueif, mother of a British man jailed in Egypt, who has been admitted to hospital after spending more than 240 days on hunger strike.

Laila Soueif, the mother of a jailed British-Egyptian activist, has not eaten in more than 240 days in an effort to free her son. Her hunger strike paints a tragic picture of the cost of activism in modern Egypt, where individual protest through the body may be met with institutional silence and indifference.

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Al-Azhar And Her? How A Fatwa On Gender And Inheritance Threatens The Powerful Islamic Authority

March 13, 2024, Cairo, Egypt: The mosque is organizing a collective Iftar for the second year for foreign students, providing 4,000 meals per day, which totals 120,000 meals per month, as part of the humanitarian, religious, and patriotic role that Al-Azhar plays in serving and caring for its expatriate children, who are guests of Egypt, in Cairo, Egypt, on March 13, 2024. (Credit Image: © Mahmoud Elkhwas/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam has issued a new fatwa reaffirming that women should inherit half the share of men, citing Islamic tradition, a move that critics say entrenches gender inequality in Egypt’s legal and religious framework.

Al-Azhar’s rooting of the idea of ​​unfairness in inheritance division, based on the logic that men deserve twice as much as women, leaves women without full entitlement. One legal scholar is challenging this longstanding edict, and with it the very authority of the venerated Islamic institution.

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“Hadeer’s Shame” — Who Spread A Sex Tape Of A Top Egyptian Influencer?

"Hadeer's Shame" — Who Spread A Sex Tape Of A Top Egyptian Influencer?
Egyptian influencer Hadeer Abdel Razik Hadeer Abdel Razik/Instagram

Hadeer Abdel Razik says her guilt is that she does not feel “shame” about her body and wants to live her normal life as a woman. Hadeer Abdel Razik made TikTok videos as a fashionista; or not ashamed of having sex with her husband.

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