Jailing General On Track for Egypt's Next President
Sand bags are piled up outside polling booths, balaclava-clad special forces and white-uniformed police are…More
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Egypt's Courts Get Their Revenge
In a little over an hour Mohamed Nabil and Amr Ali smoked almost a whole…More
Sisi Will Struggle Without A Scapegoat
Egypt's would-be pharaoh, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has finally announced his candidacy for the presidency. But…More
Tourists In Egypt Are Now Collateral Damage
Tourists are the new battlefield in militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis’ “economic war” with the…More
Strongman al-Sisi Won't Dispirit Egypt's Left
Cairo woke on 25 January to the growl of a fat-bodied Chinook helicopter making low,…More
Egypt's Morsi Trial Descends Into Chaos
Chaos reigned in court on the first day of the trial of ex-Egyptian president Mohamed…More
Activists Are Next On The Egypt Hit List
They ousted Morsi and arrested his supporters, then they detained the workers, and now they're…More
Lend A Friend A Gas Mask?
The message came through at 9.36pm: "Help. 41 Nawal St". Independent journalist Tom Rollins had…More
The Mosques Are Full Of Bodies
From about 8am on Wednesday messages were pouring in from journalists trying to get into…More
A Divided Egypt Celebrates Eid
In the pink and grey of daybreak the muezzin's call on the first morning of…More