Naturalized Egyptian women can now pass down nationality to minor kids

CAIRO - 31 May 2023: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified on Wednesday an amendment to the Egyptian nationality law, granting naturalized women the right to pass the nationality down to their minor children. 

Law No. 28 of 2023 amended some provisions of Law No. 26 of 1975 on the Egyptian nationality to be more in line with the constitution, international law, and women’s rights.

A mother who was naturalized after being born in Egypt or who originally comes from an Arab speaking country or one with a Muslim majority may now give the Egyptian nationality to her minor kids. Earlier, the law only gave that right to fathers. 

In the early 2000s, Egypt allowed the children of Egyptian women and foreign men to carry the nationality.