Egyptian politics

Mohamed Zaree giving a talk with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies in Egypt.

Meet the winner of the ‘Nobel for human rights’ that Egypt doesn’t want you to know about

October 6, 2017Conflict

Mohamed Zaree has won the Martin Ennals Award announced in Geneva, but Egypt wouldn’t let him leave the country to receive it.

A man plays music on a traditional musical instrument in the Nubian village of Adindan

Egypt’s indigenous Nubians continue their long wait to return to ancestral lands

July 20, 2017Culture

A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt.

The Egyptian ruler Trump calls ‘fantastic’ is now strengthening his power over the courts

May 9, 2017Justice

Aya Hijazi, founder of a nonprofit charity that looks after Egyptian street children, sat reading a book inside a holding cell as she faced trial in a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt on March 23.

American charity worker in Egypt is acquitted after three years in jail

April 17, 2017Justice

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Khartoum, Sudan, on Oct. 10, 2016.

Trump praises ‘fantastic job’ of Egyptian leader widely accused of human rights violations

April 2, 2017Global Politics