Politics
Abortions Are Illegal and Common in Egypt
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Women seek abortions throughout Egypt, even though religious and civil law bars the procedures. Some 35 percent are done without any medical supervision.
Arts & Culture
Vagina Monologues Stirs Up Cairo
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Proceeds of the first public staging of “The Vagina Monologues” in Egypt last week will go toward one of the few battered-women’s shelters in the Middle East. The performances drew overflow crowds and some public censure.