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.