From Cairo, it can be easy to feel like the United States is an enthusiastic supporter of Egypt’s government, even as authorities in Cairo carry out a harsh crackdown on…
On April 30, 1966, Salah Hussein was assassinated by members of a feudalist family in Kamshish, a village located in Monufiya governorate in the heart of the Nile Delta. An…
Egypt’s population is growing at a rate five times higher than that of developed countries, and twice as high as developing countries, according to the state-run Central Agency for Public…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for his first, three-day state visit to Egypt. He is returning a visit that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a year ago…
A month after security forces stormed the Journalist Syndicate and arrested two reporters, the standoff between police and journalists continues. On Sunday, May 29, syndicate head Yehia Qallash and two…
In the latest findings in the ongoing investigations into the deadly EgyptAir MS804 plane crash earlier this month, Egypt’s investigations committee announced that they received reports of European and American satellites receiving…
Thousands of people flow in and out of downtown Cairo’s Mugamma al-Tahrir building daily, but a government announcement indicates that the iconic structure will be emptied of government offices by 2017. The…
When a Coptic Orthodox community in an Ismailia village built a church in 2009 to avoid walking 6 km to the closest church in a nearby city, their Muslim neighbors…
Investigative judge Abdel Shafy Othman summoned rights lawyer Negad al-Borai, head of the United Group, for interrogation on Tuesday May 17. This will be the fifth time Borai has been…
As survivors of a major fire in downtown Cairo last week take toll of the dramatic few days they lived with flames, smoke and ashes, they blame the government for…
Twenty-five people in Aswan accused of committing acts of murder and violence in a brutal tribal battle two years ago have been referred to the grand mufti, a step that…
In his resignation letter to the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP), president and founder Mohamed Aboul Ghar wrote that his vision of developing a party has become impossible due to internal…
Journalists conducting an extended sit-in at the Syndicate headquarters submitted a request Monday to the Syndicate Council for an emergency general assembly meeting to discuss ways of enforcing the resolutions…
Hours after eight policemen were killed in Helwan on Sunday morning, two different militant groups claimed responsibility for the attack: the Popular Resistance and the Islamic State. A third narrative also emerged, claiming…
An interview with Mokhtar Awad, a research fellow at George Washington University’s program on extremism.
Amid its feud with the Journalists Syndicate, the Interior Ministry accidentally revealed its media strategies regarding several pressing issues, including the death of Italian Student Giulio Regeni and individual violations committed by security forces. The…
While people around the world celebrate World Press Freedom Day, we are racing to cover the systematic violations of press freedoms and journalists' rights, along with the few remaining institutions in Egypt…
Egyptian journalists continue to face a critical threat to their freedom following the storming of the Journalists Syndicate headquarters by security forces on Sunday. In an unprecedented violation, police entered…
"Usually countries fight for their land rights. It’s the first time you see a government fighting tirelessly to prove that land does not belong to them."
Tiran and Sanafir transfer to Saudi is of little concern to their actual neighbors
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