Mothers and campaigners in Egypt are counting on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s signal that he backs an overhaul of 71-year-old guardianship laws which deprive millions of women of control over financial and educational decisions for their children.

There is anticipation in the press and human rights community in Egypt regarding the information circulation law, its clauses that are up for discussion and its potential approval by the Egyptian Parliament over the next few months.

The Egyptian House of Representatives election law has sparked controversy between participants in the national dialogue sessions, CNN Arabic reported.

Facing the arrest of a number of his supporters and family members, Ahmed Tantawi, a former MP and Karama Party leader party who announced his bid for the 2024 presidential elections last month, said that he will postpone his return to Egypt to an undisclosed date later this week.

Under a bill put together by the Cabinet and currently under review in the House of Representatives, billions of pounds worth of money and assets confiscated by the state could soon be transferred to a new entity that judicial sources and lawmakers told Mada Masr would distance the funds from …

Representative Nafie Abdel-Hadi called, during a plenary session for the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, for the dismissal or resignation of the Supply and Internal Trade Minister Ali al-Moselhi.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke about the importance of introducing the personal status law for societal dialogue during the coming period.

Both Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Hanafi Gebali and the Cabinet denied the government’s intention to establish the Suez Canal Authority Fund as a backdoor for selling the canal.

A great deal of controversy has arisen over the past few hours in Egypt regarding the proposal to establish the Suez Canal Authority Fund.

The Egyptian Parliament yesterday approved a draft law amending some articles of Law 30 of 1975 on the Suez Canal Authority.