Egypt

Books

In Egypt, leaving prison does not mean escaping the security state

Abdelrahman ElGendy's memoir Huna shows how release from an Egyptian prison brings surveillance, enforced silence and the threat of renewed detention
US Politics
The End Times: How Silicon Valley absorbed ‘techno-religious’ doomerism
War on Iran
A quarter-century after the 'war on terror' began, the American Middle East is over
Hesham Gaafar
United Nations
Trump heaps praise on Middle East leaders at UN meeting on Iran war
Human Rights
Egyptian detainees issue call for government to apply new caps to 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
Covid-19
A breakdown of the coronavirus crisis in the Middle East
Human Rights
Egypt detains family of YouTube host who shared video showing alleged abuses
Covid-19
Egypt imposes two week night-time curfew to tackle coronavirus
Media
Arabic press review: Hamas demands release of Palestinians from Saudi prisons
Covid-19
Egypt's Sisi 'quarantined' over contact with top soldier killed by Covid-19
Covid-19
Senior Egyptian army generals succumb to Covid-19
Human Rights
Egypt's security forces tortured and disappeared children: Report
Covid-19
Kindness spreads as Middle East scrambles to contain deadly virus
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Congressional prayers to be suspended across Egypt
Covid-19
Family of jailed Egyptian politician warn he is 'extremely vulnerable' to coronavirus
Covid-19
Coronavirus and the Middle East: Call for release of prisoners grows
Women
Corona comedy: Arab women comics laugh in the face of adversity