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Egypt Seeks to Establish New Family Fund to Support Family Cohesion

Establishing a new fund for family care is under review as per directives by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to help the Egyptian family face expenses and challenges related to personal status issues…

Wael Salem 06 January 2023

The bill gives more powers for judges to deal with urgent cases and with an aim of supporting families.

Alwan wa Awtar applies modern methods in education with the aim of attracting the attention of children to improve their educational skills through art, photography, observation and critical thinking

Giving Education New Colors

Some civil society and non-governmental associations in Egypt are seeking to make the learning process untraditional for children and young people, separate from the traditional methods of education…

Wael Salem 02, Dec 2022

Syrian Armenians: Who Are They?

“I am in limbo. Why marry and have kids if they grow up and leave me with their mother at this age? My two sons have left Syria after our town, Kassab, located northwest of Syria on the boarders with…

Motasem Al Felou - Jeddah 21, Nov 2022

Fulton County Public Schools 8th grader Ceani Williams participates in an online class during a virtual learning day at a desk in her bedroom in Milton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2022, after students have gone remote for a week as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant continue to surge. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo

U.S. Student Test Results Document Pandemic's Toll On Learning

U.S. students have experienced historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels in years, national exam results released on Monday showed, the latest sign of the…

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