Since the first oil boom of the mid-1970s, Egyptian laborers have flocked to Libya as a result of both free movement agreements and abundant job opportunities. Although the number of…
After a graphic video showing 21 Coptic Egyptians beheaded by Islamic State forces was released on Sunday, some activists are holding their government accountable for the grim conditions faced by…
Four years after the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, journalists are once again feeling the pressure of limited press freedoms, which some say are even more restrictive than before the revolution.…
The last four and a half years of political upheaval and resistance in the Arab world have revealed new possibilities for social change. Scholars of the Middle East have grappled…
A couple of days after clashes in Matareya around the fourth anniversary of the January 25 revolution, Hajj Hazem, who owns a candy shop right next to Al-Rahman mosque, was still clearing glass after a…
“I don’t know how a ticket to a football game could be more expensive than a spectator’s life,” Ahly Club director Wael Gomma said after more than 22 football fans…
In Thursday’s hearing in the “Shura Council” case, the defense team argued that the prosecutor’s evidence was deeply flawed, prompting the Cairo Criminal Court…
Convicted Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is on his way back to Australia, and reports suggest that fellow journalist Mohamed Fahmy will soon follow suit and be deported to Canada.…
Days after the start of nationwide protests demanding the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak, on February 2, 2011, a woman made a television appearance that would spark the foreign interference…
Dear Mr. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, As a mother and an Egyptian citizen I appeal to you, Mr. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to pardon my son, the journalist Mohamed Fahmy. He is…
The Court of Cassation upheld three-year sentences handed to Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Adel — both members of the April 6 Youth Movement – and activist Ahmed Douma for…
Four years after the January 25 revolution identified financial corruption as one of the main crimes of former President Hosni Mubarak's government, all but one of the strongman's corrupt "gang" are free.…
Sunday will mark four years since the start of Egypt’s January 25 revolution. But it is also Police Day, and recent statements in the media are keen to underline this. In…
The families of Egyptians abducted in Libya complain that, three weeks later, they still don’t have any information on the victims, maintaining…
The prosecution in the case for the Shura Council defendants introduced new evidence on Saturday, throwing a curve ball at the last…
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s invitation for political parties to form a unified list in the upcoming parliamentary elections has been met with…
The Court of Cassation will decide on Tuesday whether to uphold the prison sentence for former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, who were found…
Mada Masr has obtained a copy of a confidential State Security Investigations report regarding the events that occurred between January 25, 2011 and February 11, 2011. Titled “The scenario of the…
The Popular Current issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that the party would not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The decision came in…
The year 2014 wasn’t short of provocative statements from public figures that captured Egypt’s collective consciousness, with protagonists ranging from lawyers, to actors, to television hosts. Here are some gems selected…
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