New dawn for Egyptian girls born outside wedlock

As Egypt's new academic year approaches, Amal Abdel Hameed is hopeful her daughter will be able to enroll officially in school for the first time since she was born as a result of a rape nearly eight years ago.

Under Egyptian law, Abdel Hameed's daughter had been barred from obtaining a birth certificate and thus lacked official access to essentially all public services, because she was born outside wedlock.

She had attended school but could not take exams.

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