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
Economy
‘Bitcoin is prohibited by Islam,' says Egyptian mufti
Egypt Turmoil
Morsi sentenced to three more years in jail
Human Rights
Egyptian court upholds leading activist's jail sentence
Recap
The 14 MEE stories that shaped the 2017 news cycle
Egypt Turmoil
Attack on Egypt church kills at least 11; IS claims responsibility
Egypt Turmoil
Explosion in Egypt's Sinai kills six soldiers
Press Freedom
Egyptian intelligence services front acquires leading media houses: Reports
Business
Made in Egypt? The quiet garment scheme making Israel millions
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt hangs 15 over attacks on security forces in Sinai
Religion
Former archbishop of Algiers reflects on a difficult year for Christians in the Middle East
Egypt Turmoil
Egyptian police raid kills nine Sinai attack suspects
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt planning $5.6bn building project in Sinai Peninsula