- Television presenter Tamer Amin has sparked a storm of anger on social media with a racist story. "Sa'idi people and farmers ," he said, "have...
- Bread, freedom and social justice was the slogan chanted by Egyptians on the streets ten years ago yesterday. Yes, it has been ten years since the January Revolution. I...
- Donald Trump is likely to go down in history not only as the first US president to be impeached twice, but also as the first (and so far only)...
- An eyewitness in the intensive care unit of the Covid-19 isolation centre in El Husseiniya, Sharqia governorate in Egypt confirmed that "everybody died" when ventilators ran out of oxygen....
- Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi told journalists during a press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris that, "It is never appropriate for us to be described...
- Dear Scarlett Johansson, I would like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude and appreciation for your strong support for human rights in Egypt. You have succeeded in exposing...
- On 3 November, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) received ambassadors and diplomats representing 15 countries, mostly from the European Union, at its Cairo office for a public...
- The Muslim Brotherhood has issued what I would describe as a "measured" statement about Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election. "We call upon the incoming US administration...
- "The President is lying." A striking statement that appeared on CNN's news ticker just a few moments after Donald Trump began a speech in which he refused to acknowledge his defeat...
- At the end of September 2001, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and hours later the Second (Al-Aqsa) Intifada erupted. Demonstrations swept through Arab...
- The new mantra of Egypt's ruling military regime when anyone attempts to express an opinion that differs from the official narrative is that "leaks are our duty". This, in...
- The police lieutenant shouted at his subordinates as he left the scene in a hurry: "Come on, get in the cars quickly." It reminded me of the Egyptian police...
- If you believe that the Egyptian army contractor Mohamed Ali has a magic wand with which he can persuade millions of people to protest against President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi,...
- For the fourth or fifth time in seven years, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi outrageously addressed opposition TV channels broadcasting from abroad, particularly from Turkey. This time Al-Sisi accused...
- The National Elections Authority in Egypt have decided to refer more than half of the Egyptian people to the Public Prosecutor to investigate the fact that more than 54...
- When Bill Jones* and his partner arrived at Luxor Airport to prepare to fly back to Cairo at the end of February, it was the end of a two-week...