Egyptian women resorts to social media instead of the judiciary in facing harassment
Egyptian women who are victims of harassment and sexual violence have resorted to social media platforms as an alternative to exposing what happened to them. This step came after they lost the ability to hold the violators accountable due to…
A new victim of al-Sisi’s prisons: Senior Egyptian politician Essam el-Erian dies in the Scorpion
Essam el-Erian is not the first leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who died in his prison cell at the high-security and notorious Scorpion Prison (south of Cairo) due to medical negligence, but he was the most prominent. While local media…
Was Essam el-Erian assassinated through medical negligence?
The prominent leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Essam el-Erian, died at the age of 66 in the notorious Scorpion Prison. Local Egyptian media reported that Essam el-Erian died after suffering a heart attack inside his prison cell in Tora…
Naturalisation of Syrians in Egypt raises controversy
Controversy has escalated again regarding granting Egyptian nationality to non-Egyptians, this time with the hashtag “the people refuse naturalisation,” which topped the list of the most popular hashtags in Egypt via Twitter. Many participants did not want Egyptian nationality to…
To silence Sinai, Egypt arrest activist Ashraf Ayoub and his son
In a new measure to silence all voices from North Sinai and isolate the whole region completely from the world, the Egyptian security forces have arrested the Sinai activist and press and political journalist Ashraf Ayoub and his son Sherif….
International Youth Day did not come to Egypt
The world celebrates International Youth Day on August 12 every year to draw the international community’s attention to youth issues and celebrate the youth’s potential as partners in the global community, as UNESCO said. International Youth Day is a means…
Private tutoring classes: A crisis without a solution
With the start of a new school year nearing in Egypt, security and educational campaigns are beginning to close private tutoring centres and chase teachers and students who have started attending the new year’s lessons. Activists on social media shared,…
Seven years since the biggest massacre in Egypt’s modern history the perpetrators are free
Seven years have passed since the biggest massacre in modern Egyptian history at the sit-in in Rab’a Al-Adawiya Square in Nasr City, east of Cairo. In the early hours of August 14, 2013, Egyptian police forces, backed by army forces,…
Egypt’s public campaign to support Lebanon
On Saturday morning, Egypt sent a second plane with aid to Beirut to help save the victims of the port explosion. The plane was loaded with 14 tonnes of aid via the relief air bridge that Egypt established after the…
Road accidents in Egypt: The blood does not dry up
Not a day passes in Egypt without dozens of casualties and injuries due to road accidents in the various governorates. Road accidents cause significant human and material losses because of dilapidated roads that lack the lowest safety and security standards….
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