The famous chant of “bread, freedom and social justice” continued to resonate in people’s heads as the 18-day uprising in 2011 drew to an end. Since then, four successive administrations…
Criticism of doctors strikes by government figures and television hosts are an attempt to divert public attention away from the real issue, which is a lack of political will to…
Egypt’s academic community has been fighting intervention by security bodies into academic life since former President Hosni Mubarak. Many scholars have voiced major concerns over the state’s tight grip on…
A Giza court commenced a case against Egypt’s independent trade unions on Sunday, filed by the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), which has called for their dissolution. The ETUF claims independent…
«There is no doubt that the recent murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni poses a real threat to political and economic ties between Egypt and Italy.…»
Dozens of taxi drivers protested in Giza on Thursday against their leading competitor, the Uber driving service, continuing a long chain of protests worldwide against the global app staged in major cities from Paris…
Four years after a football disaster left 72 fans dead, Egypt’s ultras – organized groups of hardcore football fans – staged a large rally on Monday. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
For inmates at Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison, there was a small window of time when life got a little better — but that window has already slammed shut, according to their…
Although Egypt’s Parliament has rejected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s civil service law, the rejection hasn’t yet been activated. Parliament decided on January 20 to reject the law, with a majority…
Government attempts to control Egypt’s religious discourse were back in the spotlight, as unified Friday sermons criminalizing street protests in the lead up to January 25 were criticized by imams…
It wasn’t just the Interior Ministry, the Endowments Ministry and other state entities putting a damper on revolutionary sentiment in Cairo on Monday. Even the wet, cold and dismal weather seemed to…
Global conversations inspired by Egypt's January 25 uprising
“We take courses in human rights, but where is it on the ground? I haven’t seen anything applied or in practice,” says a police officer who wishes to remain anonymous. Prompted…
Egypt’s security forces are making moves to thwart any attempts to collectively commemorate January 25 in downtown Cairo, where it all began five years ago. Government officials warned people against participating…
As the chief of an organization tasked with monitoring the performance of other government entities, it’s hardly surprising that Hesham Geneina, head of Egypt’s Central Auditing Authority (CAA) has never…
All eyes are now on parliament’s new committees and the laws they are in the process of reviewing, following the chaotic convening of the legislative body on January 10 and…
Although Ali Abdel Aal was arguably the expected winner of the post of parliamentary speaker, his election into the post took quite a bit of the newly convened parliament’s energy…
Following parliamentary statements asserting that the live broadcasting of sessions is an internal matter, the debate continues. The head of Egyptian television Safaa Hegazy announced the first session would be…
Thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton’s time as United States Secretary of State have been released by the US State Department, with the most recent batch published on New Year’s…
The recent period has seen some conciliatory gestures on the part of the Egyptian state that some analysts have linked to calls for taking to the streets on the fifth…
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