Egyptian women athletes at the Olympic Games

Some will be surprised to find out that Egypt has any female athletes, let alone a number of female athletes who will be participating in the Olympic Games in sports which include pentathlon and wrestling.

Here is an article reviewing the participation of Egyptian women in the Olympic Games and some of the challenges they face.

Egyptian women in the Olympic Games

Omm Khaled - Egypt's one and only female trucker

Here's an absolutely fascinating story about Omm Khaled who is female trucker working in Egypt.

Egypt Today article - July 2008

Well worth a read.

My Women of Egypt Project

I have started a database to record Egyptian women in positions of authority, artists, politicians, academics, sports to give a positive collection of information in one place.

I have created the list so that anyone may ADD to it. Please try not to make a mistake as you cannot EDIT it. If you do muck it up, add a correct new entry and I will review the list now and then to try and pick up errors. Eventually I will add an email address specially for you to notify me of errors to be corrected.

Women of Egypt Database Project

Click this link above to get to the database.

A fab blog about Egypt I just came across

I just came across a great blog about Cairo:

Guest of Cairo

This young woman (23) is a Fulbright scholar here in Cairo and she is researching into
"the role of women in political and civic leadership here in Egypt. Whether acting as judges, activists, NGO directors, MPs, or economic powerhouses, I am curious how Egyptian women influence their society."

Something I am very keen to do - and have been doing in a very minor way on a forum I post on is find positive strong images of Egyptian women. Well, this girl is doing it!

Rock on!