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Hagar Hosny

Jul 31, 2022

KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images — Judge Bahaeldin al-Merri (C) talks during the first trial session of Mohamed Adel at Mansoura courthouse, Adel who accused of premeditated murder of a student Nayerah Ashraf at Mansoura University north of Egypt's capital on June 26, 2022. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

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Egyptian man executed one year after brutal killing of Nayera Ashraf

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

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Egyptian parliament approves tougher penalties for female genital mutilation

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Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi listens to his verdict behind bars at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt June 16, 2015. An Egyptian court sentenced Mursi to death on Tuesday on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offences during a 2011 mass jail break.The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and four other Brotherhood leaders were also handed the death penalty. More than 80 others were sentenced to death in absentia. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih - RTX1GQKQ

Death penalty divides Egyptians

Ahmed Fouad

Women chant slogans as they gather to protest against sexual harassment in front of the opera house in Cairo June 14, 2014, after a woman was sexually assaulted by a mob during the June 8 celebrations marking the new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's inauguration in Tahrir square. Egypt has asked YouTube to remove a video showing the naked woman with injuries being dragged through the square after being sexually assaulted during the celebrations. Authorities have arrested seven men aged between 15 and 49 for

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Amira Sayed Ahmed

Amira Sayed Ahmed