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
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Arab teams offer a master class in grace and solidarity
Mostafa Mohamed
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel kills Gaza elder tasked with broadcasting Egypt-Argentina game
World Cup 2026
‘Robbed’: Egypt-Argentina match sparks accusations of World Cup bias
World Cup 2026
‘Let Palestinians live’: Egypt coach wins global praise after emotional speech
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Belgium considers becoming latest EU country to recognise Palestinian statehood
Sudan war
How the UAE continued supporting Sudan's RSF through Haftar and Libya
Politics
Has Greece become Israel's Trojan Horse in the Gulf?
Ali Bakir
International law
Senior UAE and regional officials referred to ICC over role in Sudan atrocities
Human Rights
Egyptian dissident with newborn released in Oman following pressure
War on Iran
How the war on Iran will redefine the Middle East order
Ahmed Mawlana
Women
Doctor charged with 'spreading false news' in Egypt after highlighting obstetric violence in hospitals
War on Iran
Trump's U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel's Middle East dream
David Hearst