The head of Egypt’s National Council for Women Maya Morsi on Saturday stepped into outrage over two recent cases of discrimination over women’s clothing, one against a university of Tanta student wearing a dress to an exam and the other against a girl named Dina Hashem who was barred from entering a hotel due to her Islamic mayo (swimsuit). In an interview with Amr Adib’s “al-Hikaya” (The Story) talk show, Morsi said that she spoke with the president of Tanta University and confirmed there would be a serious investigation into the incident. “How does the monitoring committee ridicule the girl before she enters the exam? The exam supervisor does not have the right to comment on her dress or her religion, but the role of the supervisor is to prepare the atmosphere for students to do the exam in a calm atmosphere,” she said. She added that Egypt is not a “veiled or not-veiled” nation, and stressed that if the girls filed for discrimination it will be far more effective than depending on internal regulations.

Source: Egypt Independent June 27, 2021 09:22 UTC