Egyptian TV presenter Radwa El-Sherbiny is being investigated after saying that women who wear the hijab are better than those who don’t.

Egypt has banned more than a century old patriotic songs composed by the iconic musician Sayed Darwish from being performed at a recent musical, in a step described by free speech advocates as an attempt to censor artistic heritage.

Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) announced Aug. 26 that it would refer to prosecutors 54 million people who did not cast their votes in the 2020 Senate elections.

Egyptian authorities have said they will refer some 54 million people to prosecutors because they didn’t vote in the country’s senate elections held earlier this month.

Egyptian media outlets were instructed not to publish any news or statements criticizing the agreement to normalize ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, an Egyptian security source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity.

Egypt’s National Centre for Translation (NCT), a state-run entity, has imposed strict new rules for translating books from foreign languages into Arabic, in a move described by Egypt’s cultural community and freedom of thought advocates as state censorship.

A list with the names of registered voters who did not cast their ballots in the 2020 Senate poll has been referred to the prosecution, and they now risk incurring a LE500 fee or less.

Appeals against the Senate elections’ results of the first round can be submitted Thursday and Friday to the Supreme Administrative Court of the State Council.

A 100-member closed electoral list dominated by supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a third of the seats in a newly created Senate, the head of the National Election Authority said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) is considering imposing a fine on any electors absent from casting their votes in the Senate elections, scheduled to start on August 9 and 10 abroad, and August 11 and 12 in Egypt.