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To effectively reform the contentious NGOs Act, the prevailing conception of NGOs as a thorn in authorities\u2019 side must be done away with<\/strong>, Ziad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. Bahaa El Din notes that this change in perception is the first stepping stone in creating a new version of the law that will no longer act as a chokehold for civil society. He also stresses the importance of allowing civil society to actually engage in the national dialogue on the proposed amendments, which he says may seem like a given but was not a priority when the law was originally drafted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To effectively reform the contentious NGOs Act, the prevailing conception of NGOs as a thorn in authorities\u2019 side must be done away with, Ziad Bahaa El Din writes for Al Shorouk. 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