The Agouza Criminal Court has sentenced 11 people to prison terms ranging between three and 12 years for “practicing, inciting and publicizing immoral practices,” reported the privately owned al-Watan newspaper.…
My favorite hangout for a brief couple of weeks was a street, a simple street in a Cairo neighborhood. Kamal al-Tawil street is dimly lit and overlooks the Nile from…
Adham is currently in detention, while Hossam was released in February.
A video released by Al-Watan news portal documents a raid conducted by plainclothed police officers on a Cairo cafe in the first week of Ramadan. In…
A Cairo court handed Yasmine al-Narsh a four-year prison sentence on Saturday for drug possession and assaulting a police officer, despite her claim…
Actress and dancer Salma al-Foly and director Wael al-Sedeki were sentenced on Sunday to one year in prison with hard labor on…
The actress and dancer Salma al-Foly was arrested on Monday on charges of “tarnishing Egypt’s reputation” and “harming public morals” after a…
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«I was surprised and disturbed as I followed the stories of many friends and others who reported on social media that they faced harassment at military…»
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