BBC Egypt's justice minister sacked over social class remarks Egypt's prime minister says his justice minister has resigned amid outrage over his remark that the sons of rubbish collectors should not become judges. In a TV interview on Sunday, Mahfouz Saber said judges were "lofty and have status" and had to come from "a respectable milieu". Thousands of people took to social media to express anger at his comments. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32688825 The Guardian Al-Jazeera reporter sues network for $100m over Egypt detention An al-Jazeera journalist on retrial in Egypt has sued his Qatari employer for $100m, his lawyers said on Monday, claiming the satellite network was negligent and supported blacklisted Islamists. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and two other al-Jazeera journalists were sentenced last year to up to 10 years in prison on charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood movement in its coverage of mass protests that led to the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/11/al-jazeera-reporter-egypt-detention The Daily Mail Shocking figures reveal 92 per cent of married women in Egypt have suffered female genital mutilation Up to 92 per cent of married women in Egypt have undergone female genital mutilation, it has been revealed. The country's Minister of Health Adel Adawy said the figure relates to women aged between 15 and 49 – and is even higher at 95 per cent in rural areas. Most females undergo the procedure between the ages of nine and 12 and less than a third of the operations are carried out by doctors, the minister said. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3076518/Shocking-figures-reveal-92-cent-married-women-Egypt-suffered-female-genital-mutilation.html
