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
Egypt Turmoil
Muslim Brotherhood’s youth wing reaffirms leadership after failed Egypt 'soft coup'
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt's Sisi tells former PM Shafiq to stay in exile
Mideast Gas Rush
Why hasn't Gaza Marine produced gas?
Mideast Gas Rush
VIDEO: Could Palestinians claim more of the gas-rich Mediterranean?
Diplomacy
Blair must choose between millions and peace
Chris Doyle
Diplomacy
Former UK PM accused of seeking $45m UAE contract while working as peace envoy
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt releases gas worker arrested after striking over wages
Egypt Turmoil
Keeping the Tahrir spirit of inclusion, equality and non-violence alive
Shahira Amin
Women
Egypt's women workers: 'The day I stop working is the day I die'
Libya Crisis
Libya pro-Brotherhood figures to attend Cairo meeting
Egypt Turmoil
Egyptian religious leader to stand trial for promoting Shia Islam
Diplomacy
Germany complains of lack of 'democratic evolution' in Egypt