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
Libya Crisis
Egypt's Sisi meets Libya's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar in Cairo
Inside Egypt
Egypt: Detained activist’s ‘suicide’ comments spark #SaveAlaa campaign
Egypt Turmoil
'I will commit suicide': Egypt activist Alaa Abdel Fattah at risk over jail conditions
Inside Egypt
Egypt: Jailed activist's appearance in court raises health concerns
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt: Rights groups unimpressed with Biden's new conditions on aid
Arts
Five people from Afghanistan who shaped Middle Eastern history
Inside Egypt
‘Pray to the dog’: Video of nurse told by doctor to bow down to his dog sparks outrage in Egypt
Diplomacy
Israel's Bennett holds talks with Egypt's Sisi on Iran, disarming Hamas
Women
A new Sudani superhero wants to empower young girls in the Middle East
Diplomacy
Egyptian prime minister says ties with Turkey could be restored this year
Lebanon economic crisis
Egypt, Jordan and Syria agree energy plan for crisis-hit Lebanon
Gulf Tensions
Turkey sees 'positive' momentum in talks to repair ties with UAE and Egypt