Supreme Administrative Court says children born to women who later become Egyptian citizens can themselves claim citizenship

Children born to women who later become Egyptian citizens can themselves claim citizenship –court. The Supreme Administrative Court ruled yesterday that two children have a legitimate claim to Egyptian citizenship even though their Jordanian-born mother didn’t become an Egyptian national until after the two were born. It’s the first such verdict from the court, Al Shorouk reports. Until yesterday’s verdict, children could only claim citizenship via maternal inheritance if their mother was an Egyptian citizen (born or naturalized) at the time of the child’s birth. Two cheers from us this morning for common sense in the judiciary.