Zambia seizes plane with $5.7M cash, weapons
Drug Enforcement Commission says 10 people detained, money placed in Bank of Zambia Authorities in Zambia on Tuesday announced the seizure of a private plane carrying $5.7 million in cash, 602 pieces of suspected gold bars, and five pistols with…
Rabaa massacre: A decade on, Egypt remains clouded by denial
A decade ago, in the early morning hours of 14 August 2013, a haunting symphony of gunshots pierced the air, forever etching a somber tale into my consciousness. What might have sounded like the customary exuberance of wedding festivities in Egypt soon unraveled…
Egypt: Ten years after Rabaa, families still in the dark over fate of missing children
It’s 7:30pm and in Egypt‘s hopelessly gridlocked capital, the cacophonous symphony of honks and beeps ring out from the overcrowded streets. The sounds drown out the roars of children playing football and the sunset call for prayer. But inside Badria el-Sayed’s…
Rabaa massacre: The founding social contract of Sisi’s new republic
Ten years since the biggest mass killing in the country’s modern history, the state has decimated the public’s right to dissent. Ten years ago in broad daylight, Egypt’s police and military carried out the biggest massacre in the country’s modern history. …
Egypt rebuffs US requests to arm Ukraine
Egypt has snubbed multiple requests from the US to send weapons to Ukraine, underlining how far Cairo is willing to go to maintain a neutral position on the war in Europe, despite receiving billions of dollars in US military aid. US…
How Sisi Ruined Egypt
The coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke. Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the grips of what could be described as “Sisi-mania.” Songs, sandwiches, music videos, poems, and even pajamas paid tribute to…
“Memories of Massacre” Haunts Sisi and Is Haunted by It
By Osama Gaweesh On the third of August this year, I had the honour of presenting the special screening of the global documentary film “Memories of Massacre,” which was shown in one of Britain’s most essential and prominent venues, the…
Memories of a Massacre: Documentary on Egypt’s Rabaa crackdown premieres
Nicky Bolster’s documentary chronicles the killing of hundreds of protesters in Rabaa Square after Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013. A documentary chronicling the killing of hundreds of Egyptian protesters at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square following the 2013 coup that swept Abdel…
Egypt Watch presents the UK premier of Memories of a Massacre
EgyptWatch is proud to present, at the 10th anniversary of the Rabaa massacre, the UK premiere of “Memories of a Massacre”, an award-winning documentary film following the Rabaa massacre in Egypt. The premier will be at the British Academy…
Will Egypt’s asset sale get it out of its economic hole?
Egypt is privatising – but is it enough to please the IMF and get more funding from the international financial body? The Egyptian government has been busy selling state assets, as it pushes for privatisation, amid a continuing economic crisis….
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