Authoritarian governments are not known for taking kindly to criticism. And in Egypt, official skins can be especially thin: Deepening repression has muffled most dissent and sent tens of thousands of perceived political opponents to jailsun slots,
This handout picture released by the Egyptian State Information Service shows first-responders tending to a man on a stretcher in the Red Sea harbor town of Marsa Alam on November 25, 2024. Agence France-Presse CAIRO — Egyptian authorities sai
Shortly after I arrived at Tora Maximum Security Prison in Cairolucky horse, a prisoner with a trendy haircut and glasses entered my cell, handed me a plastic bag and whispered, “From Alaa.” Inside the bag were several packs of cigarettes, the curre
CAIROadbackhome or ad casino, Egypt — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and limited hostage exchange aimed at securing "a complete ceasefire" after more than a year of war between Isra