Mai Shams El-Din

Nov 20, 2023 | sightmagazine.com.au | Mai Shams El-Din |Nidal al-Mughrabi

Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Born prematurely in Gaza just before war broke out, the baby girl was treated at Al Shifa Hospital as it gradually collapsed, separated from her displaced family, then evacuated to Egypt on Monday along with her mother and 27 other Palestinian newborns.

Jun 26, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Mai Shams El-Din

By Mai Shams El-DinCAIRO (Reuters) - A Sudanese-Canadian citizen has been separated from an adopted sister and her children and is trying to help them secure safe passage out of Sudan where they have been stranded for over 10 weeks by the war between rival military factions. Sami Atabani said he hoped the Canadian government would consider evacuating his adopted sister, 43-year-old Kholoud Yagoob Abdallah, even though she does not hold Canadian citizenship like the rest of his close relatives.

Jun 26, 2023 | reuters.com | Mai Shams El-Din

CAIRO, June 26 (Reuters) - A Sudanese-Canadian citizen has been separated from an adopted sister and her children and is trying to help them secure safe passage out of Sudan where they have been stranded for over 10 weeks by the war between rival military factions. Sami Atabani said he hoped the Canadian government would consider evacuating his adopted sister, 43-year-old Kholoud Yagoob Abdallah, even though she does not hold Canadian citizenship like the rest of his close relatives.

May 27, 2023 | sightmagazine.com.au | Mai Shams El-Din |Farah Saafan

27 May 2023 MAI SHAMS EL-DIN and FARAH SAAFAN Cairo, EgyptReuters Egyptian women facing jail for falling into debt face social stigma, and if they have been freed from prison struggle to rebuild their lives, NGO workers say, despite support from civil society groups and some state help in securing early releases.

May 26, 2023 | timeslive.co.za | Mai Shams El-Din |Farah Saafan

26 May 2023 - 12:01 A woman carries her son, as others make leather bags, during training provided by the Children of Female Prisoners' Association, as they struggle to rebuild their lives under difficult economic conditions, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian women facing jail for falling into debt face social stigma, and if they have been freed from prison struggle to rebuild their lives, NGO workers say, despite support from civil society groups and some state help in securing early releases.