Nationality in Egypt is founded on the 1975 Nationality Law. The law was amended in 2004, to provide Egyptian women the right to transmit nationality to their children. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women welcomed the revision of the law, but expressed concerns about continuing difficulties for women in practice.
Egypt has long been a destination for migrants, whether those escaping war in Palestine who have tended to stay in Egypt, or more recent migrants escaping wars in the Horn of Africa who have tended to stay only temporarily. Egyptian law does not allow for refugees to naturalize regardless of the length of their stay, unless they are married to an Egyptian or have an Egyptian parent.
The Arab Awakening of 2011 brought new developments in citizenship, first with greater access to citizenship for the children of Palestinian fathers (which was commended by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child); but later there were many deprivations of citizenship from Palestinians and others alleged to be involved in terrorist activities. The new constitution adopted in 2011 established new restrictions on the citizenship of the president and his family.
Do you want to be Egyptian? In this article, we will discuss all requirements to obtain Egyptian Citizenship The requirements to obtain Egyptian citizenship: Egyptian Law 140 of 2019 sets out the controls for granting Egyptian citizenship to a foreigner. […]
Egyptian law allows citizens to be granted permission to naturalize a foreign nationality while retaining their Egyptian nationality and that makes them exempt from military service. Masry Al-Youm answers how the Egyptian expatriates obtain the approval of the Egyptian authorities […]
By Muhammad Kamal In December 2020, political and human rights activist Ghada Naguib became the first Egyptian citizen to be stripped of her nationality over her criticisms of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government and its human rights abuses. Naguib and […]
We have seen good progress in achieving equality in nationality laws with 19 countries making partial or full legal reforms and making significant commitments at the regional and global levels since Equality Now began in-depth work advocating for the reform […]
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly approved Egyptian citizenship to 17 foreigners for bank deposits in Egyptian banks in accordance with the latest amendments passed in 2019 to laws that govern citizenship and residency regulations for foreigners. According to the decree, […]
By Amelia Smith & Laila Ahmet In December 2020 Ghada Najibe woke up to a phone call – “the Egyptian government has announced they are stripping you of your nationality”, Ghada’s friend told her down the line. That morning Egypt’s […]
Introduction Egypt is home to over a hundred million people and hosts an unknown number of refugees and migrants, with estimates of several million. Among them are potentially hundreds of thousands of individuals who are stateless or at risk of […]
Several dual-national prisoners of conscience have had to give up their Egyptian nationality in order to leave the country Egyptian-Palestinian Ramy Shaath’s release from prison after 900 days came as a huge relief to the rights activist and his family […]
CAIRO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have freed Egyptian-Palestinian rights activist Ramy Shaath from more than 900 days of detention after forcing him to renounce his Egyptian nationality, his family said in a statement on Saturday. The statement said […]
By Dalia Malek Introduction The concept of nationality in Egypt has undergone transformations throughout the history of the country, coinciding with colonial rule, independence, trends of emigration and migration, and the political climate. The circumstances of acquisition and loss of […]
Abstract: Migrants and asylum seekers in Egypt may lack identification papers for a number of reasons. Some have their documents lost or destroyed in the course of the conflict in their home countries, or by smugglers/traffickers during their journey to […]
Translation by Google Translate. Written by: Ali Abdel Gawad The Supreme Constitutional Court, headed by Counselor Said Marei, ruled that the case referred by the Administrative Court to request a ruling on the constitutionality of the text of the second […]