Disability in Egypt
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This page has curated news from Egypt. There are a total of 14 links.
Highlights
How ancient history resists our stereotypes Debrief discussion of Tutankhamun and disability in ancient Egypt. (Jan, Disability Debrief)
Contents
- Accessibility and Design
- Communication and Language
- Economics and Social Protection
- Education and Childhood
- Health
- History and Memorial
- Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees
- Lived Experience and Opinion
- Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism
Accessibility and Design
Cairo sidewalks to be enhanced to enable access to persons with disabilities (2021, Egypt Today)
Communication and Language
Sign Languages
Numerals in Egyptian Sign Language from a Typological Perspective. (2022, North African Linguistics)
Fingerspelling Systems in Egyptian Sign Language (2022, North African Linguistics)
Economics and Social Protection
Financial Inclusion
Banks in Egypt improve accessibility: “According to Central Bank of Egypt, banks have made significant progress in improving the infrastructure, providing technological and digital solutions, hiring qualified professionals, and modifying internal policies and procedures to facilitate the access of people with disabilities to financial products and services.” (Sep, Dailynewsegypt)
The Central Bank of Egypt introduces plastic money in Braille (in Arabic, 2022, Banky)
Education and Childhood
First e-library for blind people launched in Alexandria (2022, Disability Insider)
Health
Opening of addiction treatment center that provides services for people with disabilities. (In Arabic, Mar, Cairo24)
History and Memorial
Recognising inequality: ableism in Egyptological approaches to disability and bodily differences (Mar, World Archaeology)
How ancient history resists our stereotypes Debrief discussion of Tutankhamun and disability in ancient Egypt. (Jan, Disability Debrief)
Sheikh Rafaat: A Genius in Meaning-Based Recitation of Quran. One of the blind men among the brilliant qaris of Egypt (people who recite the Quran). (2022, International Quran News Agency)
Sheikh Imam: Voice of Dissent Profile on a blind oud player his music and politics from the 60s-80s and how they resonate through history and the Middle East today. (2022, KC Network)
Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees
42,300 Sudanese refugees in Egypt: “Local teams note that between 20 and 25% of the refugees are persons with disabilities.” (May, Relief Web)
Lived Experience and Opinion
The reaction of Egyptians to meeting blind people on the street. Mostafa Attia shows, in a video, how Egyptians are the most helpful of any country he's travelled to. (in Arabic, 2022, Mostafa Attia)
Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism
Egyptians with disabilities enjoy swimming at dedicated Mediterranean beach (2022, Global Times)