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Wednesday, 20 April 2022

Egypt in the News: Thumbs up for the proposed polygamy law

A proposed marriage law on polygamy could be good news for women’s rights in the country, according to an opinion piece by Cairo-based academic Heba Yosry carried by Al Arabiya. The bill would require a man to obtain the consent of his existing spouse(s) and fiance before being allowed to marry again, ensuring that the relationships are transparent and that the man provides financially for his first wife and children.

Also making headlines:

  • The suspect in the murder of an Alexandria priest has been sent to trial: The man is charged with stabbing a Coptic priest to death in Alexandria earlier this month. (The National)
  • The return of mawa’id rahman (charity tables) after being suspended for two years due to covid-19 restrictions gets some ink. (Reuters)
  • Egypt has begun the restoration of Old Cairo’s Ben Azra Synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in the world. (Arab News)

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT- The Damietta Port Authority has released a statement saying that an oil tanker that ran aground off the Tunisian coast last week had not departed from the port, as the Associated Press reported in a story we noted in this space earlier this week.

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