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| Egypt appoints first-ever Christian woman as governor |
| 2018-08-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sworn in several new provincial governors, including the first-ever Coptic Christian woman to hold the position. Manal Awad Mikhail has been appointed governor of Damietta province. She was previously a deputy for the Giza governor. The reshuffle included new governors for Cairo, Giza, Luxor, Aswan and North Sinai. Egypt appointed the first-ever female governor to the province of Beheira in a reshuffle last year. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Wishing her a long life and happy reign. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-31 09:58 |
| #2 An expat Coptic Egyptian friend writes: I never comment on religious issues or have any religion posts or even read religious posts as a rule, but this is worth mentioning for many historic and political reasons: this woman is the first Christian woman to be a governor of a province in Egypt. Dr. Manal Mikhail is the new Governor of the Province of Damietta. She is the second woman governor in history. There are also 4 more women deputy governors, young and progressive. If all that means anything, it means it is another step in the right direction, trying to cleanse the old dirt accumulated in the past 40 years and fighting the Moselm Brotherhood/Wahhabi/Islamist backward/evil ideology. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-31 07:55 |
| #1 appointed. That's good. Elected would be better. Baby steps. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2018-08-31 00:45 |