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
Egypt's credit outlook revised to 'negative', as Red Sea attacks hit Suez Canal revenues
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Palestinians paying mediators to cross Gaza border into Egypt
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Egypt's failure to stand up to Israel could fuel an explosion
David Hearst
Inside Egypt
Kuwait's AlShaya Group curbs Egypt operations due to economic downturn
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Gaza war: Arab regimes ignore popular support for Palestine at their peril
Mohamad Elmasry
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Neglected and abandoned': British-Palestinians fight to bring family from Gaza to UK
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Red Sea attacks: Why is Egypt helping Israel become the new trade corridor?
Walid Abuhelal
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Incomplete': 100 days into Gaza war Biden fails to achieve basic policy goals
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: 100 days on, a regional catastrophe looms
David Hearst
Egypt Turmoil
Egypt under Sisi could spiral into a civil conflict
Maged Mandour
Diplomacy
Dark clouds are gathering over the Red Sea for 2024
Marco Carnelos
Recap
Middle East Eye's quiz of the year 2023