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Egyptian Institution for the Rights of the Deaf is an Egyptian human rights organization that seeks to achieve legal, constitutional, and social justice for people with disabilities and hearing impairment. It was established in 2010 and registered with the Ministry of Social Solidarity. This institution operates throughout the Arab Republic of Egypt, and it was founded by human rights activists and deaf sign interpreters. The percentage of deaf people on the Board of Trustees in this institution is more than 51%.

The human rights and legal journey
The Foundation obtained a judicial ruling from the Administrative Court in Case No. 28651 of the 66 judicial year, following which the Real Estate Registration Authority of the Ministry of Justice issued Circular No. 84 of 2013 entitled the deaf person to express his will in sign language (Egyptian) if he is unable to express it in writing or speech. The presence of a certified translator from one of the associations or institutions working in the field of the deaf. Former candidate for the 2012 presidential elections, Abdel Moneim Abu Al-Futouh, had stated his support for the establishment in that lawsuit.

The Foundation recorded some violations committed against the deaf in the 2012 parliamentary elections, and demands the right of the deaf to education like their native speakers, and the recognition of the Egyptian sign language as one of the official state languages. The Foundation filed an official complaint addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2016, Dr. Ali Abdel-Al, stating that nearly three million deaf Egyptians have lost their right to follow the legislative sessions and to demand that they be translated into sign language.

Mohamed Abdullah, Vice Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, also noted in a television interview in October 2017 that Article 81 of the Egyptian Constitution has not been activated, depriving many of their rights. He added that only one news bulletin is broadcast in sign language on Egyptian television, and that only one university accepts the hearing impaired.

In 2014, the Foundation held courses in cooperation with the Ministry of Manpower to train employees of the Ministry’s General Office and the governorates’ manpower directorates on the principles of Egyptian sign language.

Culture and art
The Foundation held many seminars, workshops, and exhibitions of plastic arts, theater, and craft skills to serve the deaf and their issues.[7][8][9] As for theater, in April 2014, on the sidelines of the activities of the Arab Deaf Week, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and in cooperation with the Afaq Theater Union, the Foundation held a celebration during which it presented the play “I Can’t Hear You” directed by Sherif Fathi, a play performed by deaf and mute people as the first experience of its kind in Egypt. The play presents the problems of deaf people and their daily challenges in their lives among a community of speakers who do not understand their language.

In the same month, the band Eyes Hear and Fingers that speak, produced by the Giza Culture Palace and in cooperation with the Foundation, presented an operetta entitled “Mirrors” at the Balloon Theater, directed by Sherif Fathi. The show talks about Egypt's internal problems and the attempt to confront them.

In April 2018, the Foundation sponsored the “When Colors Speak” exhibition, which was held at the Cairo Opera House to display the works of deaf artists whose contributions varied from paintings on charcoal paper to others in mosaics.