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Egypt
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Politics
3/29/2012 12:35:27 PM
Egyptian women continue to struggle for their right to education, as data suggests the number of girls outside schools is double that of boys
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World
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International
3/24/2012 2:27:45 PM
President Hamid Karzai urges tribal leaders to support the education of girls in Afghanistan and insuregnt groups not to attack schools at a ceremony marking the start of the country's school year
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
3/15/2012 6:50:56 PM
Rawabet Theatre hosts three talented girls for a night of music in the Independent Combo performance series
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World
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International
2/18/2012 12:53:43 PM
Unwinding with bar girls at a beach town came first; building bombs was allegedly for later
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Life & Style
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Health
1/22/2012 1:23:05 PM
Overweight girls in their late teens are twice as likely as their normal-weight peers to report having a lot of acne in expanded new survey
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Arts & Culture
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Film
12/20/2011 11:25:27 AM
By focusing on one of the thousands of Koranic schools for girls in Syria, film shocks some Syrians and impresses others by implying that one of the bastions of Arab secularism has become a deeply religious society
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Books
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12/7/2011 5:34:12 PM
New book documents stories of women and girls who played important roles in Egypt's revolution
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World
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Region
9/27/2011 3:49:42 PM
A group of 38 women and seven girls arrested last week during a protest against Bahrain's parliamentary by-elections have reportedly been tortured or ill-treated, Amnesty International said
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World
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Region
9/18/2011 1:12:26 PM
Boys and girls chant slogans against Gaddafi and teachers hang an effigy of the fugitive leader as many Libyan children started their first school year without the "brother leader" dictating the curriculum.
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World
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Region
8/13/2011 2:40:03 PM
The Lebanese parliament annuls a clause that allowed honour killings, or the murder of women or girls for bringing "dishonour" to their families, showing an unprecedented liberal trend in the Arab world
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Egypt
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Politics
6/24/2011 1:41:26 PM
The case of two Christian girls who claim to have run away from home and converted to Islam is being investigated by authorities
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Life & Style
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Health
5/5/2011 2:44:29 PM
Hundreds of albinos are thought to have been killed for black magic purposes in Tanzania and albino girls are being raped because of a belief they offer a cure for AIDS
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Life & Style
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Health
3/28/2011 11:58:22 AM
About five in 100 kids wet the bed at night, but boys are more than twice as likely than girls, a new study says
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Life & Style
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Health
2/28/2011 1:47:45 PM
Girls who get migraines appear more likely than their peers to gain extra weight during adulthood, scientists say.
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Life & Style
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Health
2/16/2011 12:58:58 PM
In the winter, pre-teen girls may need more vitamin D -- either from diet or supplements -- to have healthy bones, a new study says.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
1/17/2011 4:26:00 PM
To become a graceful ballerina and flutter like butterflies is the dream of many girls. But how far can that dream be reached in reality, in a country where conservatism prevails?
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Life & Style
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Health
1/7/2011 1:17:59 AM
Boys have been more likely than girls to show signs of a particular type of hearing loss, but girls are catching up - and the ubiquity of portable audio players may be to blame, new research suggests
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Egypt
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12/31/2010 3:12:24 PM
The last remaining survivors were today rescued from flood waters that swept away their bus, killing 14 school girls and one rescue worker
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/29/2010 5:07:03 PM
The Alumni Community Theatre, ACT invites parents of children between the ages of 7 and 11 to enroll their boys and girls in a theater workshop
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Opinion
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12/25/2010 2:39:22 PM
As the Saudi Ministry of Education investigates six private schools for allowing girls to do sports, we should thank the liberal birth of the Egyptian state for the difference
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