Egypt in the News: Women’s rights dominates the conversation after activist jailed, teacher fired for belly-dancing

Women’s rights are getting attention in the foreign press this morning: The BBC picks up the story of a teacher who was sacked from her job and divorced by her husband after she was filmed belly-dancing at a party on a Nile boat. Reuters has a piece on how digital gameya have offered a lifeline to women entrepreneurs in Egypt since the pandemic. Meanwhile, Amnesty International is out with a statement criticizing a court decision to jail for one year a human rights activist who accused the government of not doing enough to protect women from harassment.