Students on Egypt’s public university campuses are now subject to new dress codes that prohibit a range of fashion choices, from ripped jeans, baggy or tight fitting pants, “revealing” clothes…
Cairo University’s Anti-Sexual Harassment Unit plans to conduct a seminar and marathon to mark Egyptian Women’s Day
Academics lament a lack of investment in social sciences, associating it with the corporatization of education and restricted political environment
Cairo University strikes religion from official documents in response to complaints of discrimination.
Student activist Hossam Mahmoud was expelled in September from his mass communication's course at Cairo University and prohibited from re-enrolling, in a…
The movement is sponsored by state institutions
British company Quacquarelli Symonds’ (QS) World University Rankings revealed a drop in the 2016-2017 levels of two Egyptian universities.
A professor at Helwan University’s Faculty of Fine Arts was referred to investigation last week following a campaign by students accusing him…
Cairo University has reversed its earlier decision to cancel faculty of arts Assistant Professor Kholoud Saber’s sabbatical, Saber reported on her Facebook…
Cairo University President Gaber Nassar has prohibited female professors from wearing niqab, due to complaints that women wearing a full face veil couldn’t…
«"Show me your ID and go over there for inspection," the security guard told me aggressively, although I was already handing him my ID card. As…»
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