Three weeks ago, the government began to clear street vendors from Downtown Cairo, where they had filled up both pavements and streets. Now the vendors have been relocated to Turgoman,…
In a memorial organized by the Law and Society Research Unit and the Law Department at the American University in Cairo, colleagues and family members of late human rights defender…
On a warm evening in June 2013, a Turkish activist named Bulent Muftuouglu was on his way to a concert and protest in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, site of what would become a…
As political forces brace for parliamentary elections in Egypt, which were once scheduled to take place before the end of the year, a web of political coalitions reveals fragmentation within…
Until mid-2013, Nader,* a 25-year-old graduate of the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, worked as a salesman in a Tommy Hilfiger store in 6th of October City’s Mall of Arabia…
Fatigued by a year of void legal processes and deprivation of basic rights, political prisoners are attempting to break the cycle of helplessness with the one bit of control they…
In December 2013, Sayed Abdullah lay asleep in his bed. He didn't know that in the adjacent street, in an apartment carrying the same number as his own, lived a…
On July 18, the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram ran a spread from the Ministry of Social Solidarity on the 22nd page, the first widely circulated notice of its kind. The government’s…
At the height of the dispersal of the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in, a group of 20 friends stood in the field hospital and agreed to take shelter in a side street…
On June 30, 2013, the complex political map of Egypt was reduced to an uneven binary. The Muslim Brotherhood stood on one side, while all major political forces were momentarily aligned as…
Mosaab Elshamy, a photojournalist trained as a pharmacist, provided an indelible photographic document of the dispersal of the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in on August 14, 2013.
Between anti-Hamas media coverage and invisible public solidarity, where is Palestine in Egypt today? With Israel’s military operation in Gaza coming up to a month in duration, solidarity actions with…
For a few months in the fall and spring, it seemed like Laila Iskandar, then minister of environment, was everywhere. She was a reliable presence at panel discussions, roundtables, signing…
In a scene reminiscent of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, a group of photojournalists sat on the platform of the Journalists Syndicate with bandages on their mouths, raising photos of Mahmoud Abou…
On Wednesday, a number of Egyptian newspapers published the legal reasoning and findings behind the case of the “Al Jazeera Journalists,” issued by the Giza Court of Felonies, presided over…
Egypt is continuing efforts to save its cease-fire proposal between Israel and Gaza and end hostilities that have claimed more than 600 Palestinian lives since July 8, despite its failure…
Um Iyad, 65, stands at dawn on the porch of her house in the Egyptian town of Rafah, watching the smoke rise up on the horizon where a streak of…
Since July 3, 2013, Egypt’s human rights record has been widely criticized both domestically and internationally. Over the course of the past year, a host of laws and decrees have…
On June 21, Mada Masr celebrated a year of its existence. This is, in and of itself, a measure of success for an independent media outlet during a time when…
This article contains strong language and graphic sexual content. Hend (not her real name), an outspoken political activist, is used to being watched and threatened. She rose to prominence during…
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