Egypt

War on Iran

How the Iran war is squeezing Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt from every direction

Disruptions at Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb and Suez are only half the story. Pressures are also piling up along their land borders
Books
In Egypt, leaving prison does not mean escaping the security state
Asim Qureshi
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
Analysis
Pompeo is on his way home, and US policy in the Middle East is hazier than ever
Inside Egypt
Unable to see him before he died, jailed Egyptian satirist attends father’s funeral
Media
Arabic press review: UAE offered Saddam Hussein asylum before Iraq war
Sudan
Regional powers stick with Sudan's Bashir, fearing 'they will be next'
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt acquits Muslim Brotherhood leaders of violence charges for first time
Sport
Coptic Christian football academy fights against discrimination in Egypt
Diplomacy
'The real new beginning': Pompeo blasts Obama's Middle East strategy
Sport
Mohamed Salah wins second African Player of the Year award
Environment
Saudi Arabia: The worst-performing country on battling climate change
Kieran Cooke
Tunisia Politics
From uprisings to political crisis: How Tunisia's democracy came to be at risk
Egypt Turmoil
Egyptian pro-democracy activist sentenced to 15 years in jail
Egypt Turmoil
Two German citizens reportedly detained in Egypt