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
Human Rights
Alaa Abd el-Fattah 'would accept Egyptian citizenship being revoked for freedom'
Human Rights
Egypt issued highest number of death sentences worldwide in 2021
Culture
Tracing the history of the Mamluk carpets that dazzled the Mediterranean
Media
Arabic press review: Egypt contemplates new international loans
Israel normalisation deals
US 'negotiating deal between Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt'
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war: 'Millions' could die globally from wheat shortage, Egypt warns
Arms Trade
Biden administration approves large sale of anti-tank missiles to Egypt
Egypt Turmoil
Confusion shrouds Egypt’s grand mufti visit to the UK
Media
Arabic press review: Pakistan's new foreign minister pledges support for Palestine
Egypt Turmoil
London mayor's office says Khan has 'no plans' to meet Egypt's grand mufti
Diplomacy
Turkish finance minister to visit Egypt for first time in nine years
Egypt Turmoil
Pressure piles on UK government to take action over imprisoned British-Egyptian activist