Egypt

Human Rights

Egyptian detainees issue call for government to apply new caps to pretrial detention

The new Criminal Procedure Code, adopted in November and set to take effect in October this year, promises to place limits on periods of pretrial detention
Migration
US immigration policy is coming for your Saturday night plans
Sumayya Tobah
War on Iran
The UAE, like the US and Israel, is normalising a permanent state of war in the Middle East
David Hearst
Human Rights
UAE president pardons Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Sudan war
US diplomat Boulos won't name 'at least 12 countries' involved in Sudan war
Diplomacy
Xi’s Egypt visit tests Cairo’s balancing act
Economy
Why China-Egypt cooperation has nothing to do with great-power rivalry 
Nelson Wong
War on Iran
US cuts off major Egyptian bank from global financial system
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Hamas must not concede in talks what Israel failed to win on the battlefield
Sami Al-Arian
Inside Egypt
Cairo accused of ‘punishment by proxy’ after British-Egyptian woman arrested over sister's activism
Inside Egypt
Egyptian-UAE free zone for oil storage and trading established in New Alamein
Inside Saudi Arabia
Egyptian TikToker detained in Saudi Arabia over 'immoral' video
Human Rights
'Where are you Liz Truss?': Family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah lambast absent foreign secretary
Arms Trade
Silence for arms: Egypt’s secret deal with the EU
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt releases lawyer after four years in prison in solidarity with France protests
Inside Egypt
Egyptians want unlimited internet. Their government thinks they will steal it
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia foreign minister reassures Egypt on grain deliveries
Media
Arabic press review: Syria bans interaction with a list of Facebook pages
Human Rights
A French national met a police officer in Egypt then disappeared. His family wants answers
Inside Egypt
Egyptians to be charged prohibitive entry fee to Nile's corniche walkway
Inside Egypt
When Biden met Sisi: The US soft spot for Egypt's dictator
Mohamad Elmasry
Food & Drink
Summer coolers: Five must-try drinks and desserts from the Middle East and North Africa
Media
Egypt to ban photography 'offensive to the country': Arabic press review