Okhtein Egyptian global fashion brand owners from Egypt

Okhtein Egyptian global fashion brand owners from Egypt

Nour El Sherbini, Egyptian woman squash champion holding the world cup

Nour El Sherbini – Egyptian squash world champion from Alexandria, Egypt

Egyptian synchronised swimming olympic champions

Egyptian synchronised swimming Olympic champions Rio 2016

👩🇪🇬 The Egyptian government has strong will to empower women in all fields and sectors in accordance with the prudent leadership of president ElSisi. This can be seen in the record representation of women in the cabinet of Egypt (with 6 women as ministers) and with the highest representations of women in the Egyptian parliament (house of representatives).

Statue of Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt

Queen Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt

Temple of the Pharaoh Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt. This is a popular tourist attraction visited every day by hundreds of tourists.

👑🇪🇬 This comes as a natural consequence of the leadership roles women have played in Egyptian culture and history. For instance, the first woman to lead a nation in the history of humanity was Queen Hatshepsut (an Egyptian Pharaoh of ancient Egypt). This can also be seen in line with the leadership role women played in the Egyptian revolutions of 2011 and 2013 against dictatorship, extremism, corruption and against theocracy. The Egyptian women were in the front lines of the demonstrations chanting slogans and songs for the Egyptian citizens to repeat after them. The Egyptian women were also the main driving force to get the Egyptian families on the streets asking for freedom, and at the polling stations to vote for their future.

Okhtein Egyptian global fashion brand owners from Egypt

EgyptAir Egyptian Woman as Captain Pilot in Egypt-Air YouTube

The women of the Egyptian House of Representatives (Parliament) (source: Youm7)

The Egyptian House of Representatives (Parliament) voting on the changes in the Egyptian cabinet (source: Youm7)

Egyptians Raneem El-Weleily and Nour El-Sherbini during the final of the PSA Squash Women’s World Cup 2017 at Manchester, England (source: Youm7)

Egyptian Nour El-Sherbini during the PSA Squash Women’s World Cup 2017 at Manchester, England (source: Al-Ahram)

EgyptAir all-women flight crew (Pilot and Flight Attendants) during International Women’s Day, 2017

EgyptAir all-women flight crew (Pilots and Flight Attendants) during International Women’s Day, 2017

What do the modern Egyptians look like? – Egyptian young girls from Volleyball team with coaches

Egypt England women squash team (Al-Ahram)

Egypt’s Nile Air all-women flight crew

🏆 Another important leap in this empowerment was the declaration of the previous year as the official year of women in Egypt. This was announced by president ElSisi of Egypt in 2016, who ordered the government to direct all resources and national awareness towards the empowerment and respect of youth and women in society. This led to multiple youth forums in Egypt which were organised by a large force of young Egyptian women and entrepreneurs.

Egyptian women showing pride in voting in the 2014 constitutional elections, seen in this photo with ink stained fingers after voting in post-revolution elections.

Egyptian women during post-revolution democratic votes in 2015

Egyptian women during post-revolution democratic votes in 2014

Egyptian women during demonstrations of the Egyptian revolution 2011-2013

An Egyptian girl painting the Egyptian flag on her face during the 2013 revolution which led to the democratic transformations in Egypt.

A snippet from the World Youth Forum organised in Egypt, November 2017

🏅👩 The videos below (in the Egyptian language), sponsored by Orange Egypt, show the great examples of successful Egyptian women in business, sports and entrepreneurship …

The owners of the Okhtein (Two sisters) Egyptian fashion brand

The top player of the world in the sport of Squash

One of the top countries in the world in synchronised swimming

👩🏅🏆 The message to the women of Egypt, and especially the youth, is to follow their dreams and to never stop doing that! All of the Egyptian government, the Egyptian houses and financial institutions stand behind the Egyptian women in support of all their projects and dreams! Orange also did a campaign with a nice song “Helmak” (means “your dream” in the Egyptian language) and the “behind you in all that matters [to you]” campaign. Thank you Orange Egypt! 👍 💖

The Helmak song

The “behind you in your dreams” campaign by Orange Egypt