FGM

FGM
Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA
Live Story

Girls as young as four subjected to FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan

Campaigners report that dozens of cases in Iraqi Kurdistan indicate that FGM persists, driven by secrecy, tradition, and some religious interpretations

Dana Taib Menmy
08 February, 2026
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Sudan
Interviews
Live Story

Heroic Bodies: Sudanese feminism and body politics in film

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Yousra Samir Imran

19 July, 2024
FGM
Society
Live Story

The fight against The Gambia's FGM ban repeal

Olivia Hooper

Olivia Hooper

02 May, 2024
FGM protests
FGM
Society
Live Story

Female genital mutilation is still an issue and on the rise

The New Arab Staff

Yomna Abdo

06 February, 2023
Egyptian women take part in a march against sexual harassment at the Seiyda Zeinab Mosque, on February 6, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt [Getty Images]
Egypt
Perspectives

Egypt must end state oppression of women and girls

Reem Abdellatif and Nimco Ali

Reem Abdellatif and Nimco Ali

21 October, 2021
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Sudan
MENA
Live Story

UNICEF welcomes Sudan's criminalisation of female genital mutilation

Danya Hajjaji
29 April, 2020
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Women's Rights
MENA
Live Story

Egypt frees doctor who performed fatal FGM on girl

The New Arab & agencies
07 February, 2020
FGM Egypt [LightRocket]
Yemen
MENA
Live Story

On International Day Against FGM, Egypt remains top offender

The New Arab
06 February, 2020
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FGM
MENA
Live Story

12-year-old girl dies after genital mutilation in Egypt

The New Arab
31 January, 2020
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United States
MENA
Live Story

Ilhan Omar slams 'appalling question' about FGM

The New Arab
24 July, 2019
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Women's Rights
Perspectives

Islam mustn't be used to justify female genital mutilation

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Reyhana Patel

20 March, 2019
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Women's Rights
Analysis
Live Story

Sudanese women are calling for social justice revolution

Mel Plant
08 March, 2019
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women
Analysis
Live Story

FGM: Why is Egypt still world's biggest offender?

Ariane Lavrilleux
08 March, 2019
Arbil women -- AFP
women
Society
Live Story

In Kurdish Iraq, women strive to end genital mutilation

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

02 January, 2019
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MENA
Live Story

Egypt cleric defends FGM for 'women with big clitorises'

The New Arab
13 October, 2018
FGM [Getty]
Women's Rights
MENA
Live Story

Egypt law doesn't criminalise FGM performed by medics: report

The New Arab
27 June, 2018
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Kurdistan
Society
Live Story

Female genital mutilation falls sharply in northern Iraq

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

07 February, 2017
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FGM
MENA
Live Story

Egypt introduces tougher penalties against female genital mutilation

The New Arab & agencies
04 December, 2016
Egyptian women protest against virginity tests on women [AFP]
women
Narrated

Egyptian women to fight calls for 'mandatory virginity tests'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

02 October, 2016
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Human Rights Watch
MENA
Live Story

HRW: Egypt's stricter anti-FGM penalties step towards elimination

The New Arab
09 September, 2016
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women
Society
Live Story

Egypt's women 'must accept FGM to match sexually-impotent men'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

04 September, 2016