Nouran Ahmed

Apr 9, 2024 | qantara.de | Nouran Ahmed |Mohamad Alrabiuo |Karim El-Gawhary |Karim el-Gawhary |Joseph Croitoru

Gender equality in Egypt · 09.04.2024 Egypt's personal status law has always sparked a wide range of reactions within society, particularly when it comes to women's rights https://qantara.de/en/node/43756 Print Women are often the primary plaintiffs in many personal status cases in Egypt, but encounter numerous obstacles in seeking justice.

Mar 21, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Nouran Ahmed

Women are often the primary plaintiffs in many personal status cases in Egypt, but encounter numerous obstacles in seeking justice. Egypt’s personal status law (Law No. 1 of 2000)—which governs marriages, divorce, child custody, and various alimonies—has changed social and economic realities, in part by inadvertently increasing women's authority within the family and over children. In turn, anti-women grassroot movements within society perceive these changes as a reduction of male privileges.

Oct 12, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Nouran Ahmed

With the revival of political Islam following the events of the Arab Spring, Ash’arism has become a in the Islamic world. It has come to represent a form of rationality in a highly polarized environment between Islamists and non-Islamists: in particular, Ash’ari ideology suggests that political and social activity do not have any bearing on one’s purity of belief, which places it in opposition to the foundational propositions of political Islam.

May 4, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Nouran Ahmed

The Egyptian government’s interest in sports is part of the country’s short and long-term economic strategy. Egypt’s 2030 Strategic Vision aims to create alternative sources of income to finance the Egyptian treasury as traditional streams of revenue witness decline. The vision lists sports as one of the fields that can generate consistent and sustainable economic benefits that will eventually help alleviate the country’s precarious financial situation.