Calls for the recruitment of Egyptian women into the Armed Forces have attracted significant public debate, media coverage and social media attention. It is now discussed along with subjects such as homosexuality, demons and jinn and the “Atheists’ Café.” This is part of crystallizing a new social agenda that sidesteps political concerns that have occupied people’s minds since the January 25 uprising.It is also an attemptat diverting people’s attention from political, social and economic crises.
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Recruiting of Egyptian Women: Propaganda or Social Need?
Calls for the recruitment of Egyptian women into the Armed Forces have attracted significant public debate, media coverage and social media attention. It is now discussed along with subjects such as homosexuality, demons and jinn and the “Atheists’ Café.” This is part of crystallizing a new social agenda that sidesteps
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