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
Inside Egypt
Egyptian streets flooded with pro-Sisi signs as people forced to endorse president
Climate change
Cop28: The climate crisis has been hijacked by corporate power
Hamza Hamouchene
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel-Palestine war: Four foreign activists 'disappeared' in Cairo following pro-Palestine protest
Israel's genocide in Gaza
With its fixer role in the limelight, Qatar eyes a full ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
Climate change
UAE to seek oil and gas deals at climate talks, leaked documents reveal
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel-Palestine war: Is the war in Gaza changing regional politics?
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Egyptian activists call for 'convoy of conscience' to break Gaza siege
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Massive civilian death toll forcing split between US and Israel
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Biden's blind support for Israel is shredding US global influence
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Conflicting pressures': Riled by Israel's Gaza plans, Egypt pushes back
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel-Palestine war: The spectre of regional escalation looms large
Khalil al-Anani
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Mounting evidence suggests Israel may be ready to ‘cleanse’ Gaza
Jonathan Cook