Human rights in focus: Gamal Eid
There are no compromises when it comes to human rights. Torture is a crime regardless of who does it; freedom of expression is guaranteed for those we agree with and…
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There are no compromises when it comes to human rights. Torture is a crime regardless of who does it; freedom of expression is guaranteed for those we agree with and…
At least 425 journalists and media staffers have lost their jobs since the beginning of the year, and they've decided to protest against what they lambast as the "punitive measures" taken by…
The hanging of six defendants in the Arab Sharkas case, a day after a Cairo court sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi and another 106 people to death, is a clear…
Shehab Awad explores the studio of artist Ahmed Badry.
Videos of a curly-haired woman pushing and yelling at a police officer at Cairo airport took social media by storm earlier this month. Yasmine al-Narsh, who is from a wealthy and…
Unless muddy politics take a backseat to getting quality work produced and shown, the Egyptian pavilion can hardly justify the legitimacy it claims by way of its prominent location in…
Estimated to number nearly 10,000, the Yemeni community in Egypt remains divided over the political upheaval tearing their country apart. Yet they are also overwhelmingly united in the goal of…
Initially meant to record natural history from the pharaohs to modern times, the museum has become a favorite of sorts among people with a taste for the quirky sides of…
State financial policies continued to liberalize in the 1990s so as to integrate Egypt into the new world market, and Egypt signed multiple partnership agreements with the EU.
Independent human rights lawyer, 27-year-old Yasmine Hossam al-Din, has been practicing since 2009 — just in time to experience the rights scene before the revolution, the changes that followed, and the…
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) will meet on Monday with the High Committee for Legislative Reform to discuss the council’s suggestions on new amendments to the Prisons Law, concerning…
In 1989, Egyptian billionaire businessman Nassef Sawiris walked in to a trade fair at the Marriott Hotel in Cairo. Various luxury goods were exhibited alongside high-end furniture and expensive antiques.
Egypt loses as much as LE5 billion a year in tax revenue due to companies using tax havens to shield profits from taxes, according to a new report from the…
“National Security is a big black box within the Ministry of Interior,” says Sherif Mohie Eddin, counter-terrorism and human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). He…
A medium shot frames the tightly-clad rear of a woman stepping out of her luxurious car with a poodle. A man, mesmerized, follows her into an elevator and ends up…
A surreal and thrilling cult movie about a missing screenplay
Sherif leans on the wall for support as he walks towards his bed, while his wife Thanaa lies opposite him in the HIV/AIDS department of Abbasseya Fever Hospital. In…
“It's a man's world,” James Brown sang in 1966. And it still is. Perhaps especially here in Egypt. Even though for many families women are the main breadwinners, it’s mostly…
In my opinion, it is almost insulting to abuse the hopes, disappointments, successes and failures of a generation throughout the past four years.
Two exciting film events are happening this May in Cairo. Unfortunately, they overlap by three days, so this article contains some events happening at the same time. It’s not my…