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
Israel's genocide in Gaza
In 2024, global leaders must find the courage to hit Israel and the US where it hurts
Nicolas J S Davies
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Egypt proposes detailed ceasefire plan as Israel vows to expand Gaza campaign
Economy
Stock prices of shipping companies are soaring because of Houthi Red Sea attacks
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Ceasefire talks renewed as Gaza comes under heavy bombardment
Egypt Vote
Egypt: President Sisi secures third term after vote marred by bribes and intimidation
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Tipping point': Chaos in Rafah tests Biden's opposition to Palestinian displacement
Refugees
Egyptian on hunger strike in Dutch prison after asylum rejection and pending deportation
Inside Egypt
Egypt elections marred by voter intimidation and bribes as Sisi prepares for third term
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How Middle East Muslim scholars are struggling to show support for Palestine
Usaama al-Azami
Inside Egypt
Egyptians head to polls with Sisi certain to win third term
Egypt Vote
Egypt election: Will the state enlist Falcon Group to deepen repression? 
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Critics of Israel's Gaza mass killings face 'unprecedented' UN policing at Cop28 in Dubai