The past academic year has been a nightmare for Egypt's university students, who have paid a high price for the escalating political conflict between the military-backed government and the outlawed Muslim…
A small coffee shop in the coastal Red Sea city of Quseir has become the central office for a growing local campaign against the government’s proposal to repartition Egypt’s governorates.…
It's 3:00 pm on Saturday, a day after the Karm al-Qawadees attack in Sheikh Zuwayed that killed over 30 soldiers. Arish — that city whose palms have given shade to…
University professor Laila Soueif and activist Mona Seif announced the escalation of their hunger strike in an official statement Monday, surviving only…
Egyptian television personalities have been suggesting solutions to the Sinai security problem since Friday, when at least 33 members of the Armed…
The country’s media apparatus is displaying an iron-willed determination to uphold the state narrative. Within a week, two major television talk show hosts have been muzzled by their stations, and…
Over 5.2 million eligible Tunisian voters are being mobilized for the country’s historic parliamentary elections on Sunday. These are the first such elections since the popular uprising, which lasted from…
Viewed from the sea, Sharm el-Sheikh’s Um al-Sid cliffs look idyllic. From the cobalt blue of the Red Sea, the water brightens to turquoise over reef formations that have made…
State Council passed a law on Saturday supporting a proposal by the Ministry of Interior to create a new division within Egypt’s police force, referred to as "community police." The…
On October 5, the second day of the Eid Al-Adha holiday, nine policemen were referred to investigation in the city of Minya, two of them on charges of sexually harassing…
After defense lawyers vehemently argued that the charges against 24 demonstrators arrested for protesting in front of the Ettehadiya Presidential Palace last June…
On the first day of the academic year, the authorities started enacting a set of measures to control student activity on university…
A growing number of Egyptian prisoners have joined a widespread wave of hunger strikes, including well-known activists associated with the January 25 revolution who were detained on charges related to…
Why is the leftist movement in the Arab World weak, divided and marginalized? Why have leftist movements not landed themselves in power in any country since the so-called Arab Spring? What…
The Nasr City prosecution has ordered the detention of three Al-Azhar University students on Monday for their role in clashes on campus…
Touted as Egypt’s national project of the century, the construction of a navigational bypass known as the “New Suez Canal” is projected to replenish the state’s coffers with billions, while…
Media statements by a number of leading Muslim Brotherhood figures over their intention to leave Qatar have stirred questions about the shift in the official position of the Qatari government…
The political future of Islamist groups in Egypt is still up in the air, as rumors of closed-door meetings ahead of the parliamentary elections prompt both Islamists and government officials…
Due to its highly political nature, the many phases of the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, his sons, his minister of interior and aides has been closely watched, capturing…
The "trial of the century” — in which former President Hosni Mubarak, his sons, the former interior minister and six of his aides are accused of killing protesters, making illicit…
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