The Egyptian prosecution released three members from the Egyptian Initiative of Human Rights (EIPR) on December 4, 2020. The trio of human rights workers were arrested on November 15 on fabricated charges of joining a terrorist group.

25 January 2011 marked the start of Hosni Mubarak’s fall but also moves by the military to take over.

In her upcoming book Complaint! feminist scholar Sara Ahmed reminds the reader of what in another world would have been quite obvious: that the weight of complaining about sexual violence falls primarily on the survivor/victim. In a lecture titled “Mind the Gap! Complaint as a Queer Method” at Hebbel am …

Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdul Fattah Burhan said at a Jan. 16 press conference that deployment of Sudanese troops on the border with Ethiopia and the army’s control of the border areas were driven by domestic willingness, rather than foreign incitement. He denied the presence of any party pitting Sudan …

“Military Zone: No trespassing … No photos allowed!” While such warnings are visible around military zones in Cairo and cities of the Nile Valley, all Egyptian border areas have also been declared military zones according to presidential decree No. 444—2014. For researchers working in Egypt, especially on border issues, this …

In late December 2019, the story of an Egyptian girl from the city of Farshout who wears the niqab speaking out about her gang rape by a group of influential men in the small Qena city in the heart of Upper Egypt, made headlines in the Egyptian media, both print …

Ten years ago, she was celebrated as a heroine for helping to spark the 2011 uprising that unseated then-President Hosni Mubarak. But Asmaa Mahfouz, a political activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement (credited with mobilizing the mass protests that ousted Mubarak), is today struggling …

With much fanfare, coronavirus-hit Egypt has announced a $23bn investment plan. But the cash is not earmarked for the overwhelmed hospitals that are reportedly unable to even secure oxygen.

The Egyptian government has wasted no time preparing for a post-President Donald Trump era, assembling a bipartisan powerhouse lobbying team that includes retired Republican congressman Ed Royce and a former top aide to Democratic House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

By the close of 2020, the Armed Forces and security forces had successfully dislodged Province of Sinai militants from the areas south of Bir al-Abd in North Sinai.