The murder of political activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh seems to have had a ripple effect on the Egyptian state, an effect that might not always be seen, but the traces of…
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…
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 verdict in the retrial of the police officer accused of fatally shooting activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh has been set for June 19
An appeals court annulled the 15-year sentence handed down to the officer convicted of killing Shaimaa al-Sabbagh during a peaceful protest, granting him…
An appeals court acquitted 17 Popular Socialist Alliance Party members on Saturday who had been accused of violating the protest law and threatening national…
The Cairo Criminal Court began investigating the murder of leftist activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, who was killed in January while commemorating the fourth…
The Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanors Court adjourned the trial of 17 people charged with violating the protest law for allegedly taking part in…
A misdemeanors court fined 68 people LE50,000 each on Tuesday for illegally protesting on the fourth anniversary of the January 25 revolution…
«Yesterday they shot and killed a woman on Talaat Harb Street. She was walking, along with other members of the Socialist Alliance Party, through downtown to…»
«Things in the Middle East usually appear far worse than they really are when looked at from the outside. But on my recent visit to Egypt…»
«Tahrir. 2011. January 25. Egypt. Revolution. Four years ago, a fledgling movement of revolutionary activists accomplished in a few days more than the Egyptian opposition had…»
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