Egypt tour boat sinks in Red Sea with at least 17 passengers missing
Officials say 31 tourists of different nationalities and 14 crew members were on board the diving cruise ship At least 17 people are missing after an Egypt tour boat sank in the Red Sea, according to Egyptian officials. Authorities said on Monday…
Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere: On Egypt’s revolution and the ties that bind
As an orphan of the 25 January uprising, I found entire parts of my personal life embodied in this stunning play Who am I, and how did I end up here? This is the question with which Khalid Abdalla begins his play Nowhere….
UK urged to halt investment projects with Egypt until Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed
International organisations have urged UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to hold off on any new economic partnerships with Egypt until British-Egyptian writer and political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah is freed. The request, made in an open letter from 15 British, Egyptian and international organisations, comes as…
Doctor given life sentence in Egypt over posts faces deportation from Morocco
Dr Abdelbaset Abdallah Mohamed al-Imam was sentenced to a life term in absentia and could face torture on return to Egypt A Turkish-Egyptian dual citizen who is facing a life sentence in Egypt for his political activity was detained upon arrival in Morocco and is…
Arundhati Roy shares PEN Pinter Prize with Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah
The jailed activist has also been named Writer of Courage 2024 by English PEN as Cairo refuses calls for his release Egyptian–British writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named Writer of Courage 2024 by the association of writers, English PEN. The award was…
Egypt detains pro-Palestine protesters on 7 October anniversary, says rights group
Student protests over Gaza war also banned by the American University in Cairo on Monday Egyptian security forces detained several people on Monday while they were participating in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Gaza war, a rights group said. According…
Egypt ramps up crackdown on exiled human rights defenders, says report
Activists abroad suffer surveillance and forms of persecution, including reprisals against families, according to two rights groups. Egyptian security forces are escalating their persecution of exiled human rights defenders in an attempt to quash dissent abroad, a new report has revealed….
Egypt: Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s mother says she will refuse food until his release
Leila Soueif launches hunger strike a day after prominent activist was refused release despite completing a five-year prison sentence Laila Soueif, the mother of British–Egyptian citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah, has launched a hunger strike to protest against his continued imprisonment and says…
Egypt’s military ties with Somalia defy Ethiopian ambitions and tilt power dynamic
Analysts say troop deployment could shift the balance of power in the Horn of Africa as Addis Ababa seeks to secure a foothold on the Red Sea A military pact between Cairo and Mogadishu has heightened tensions with Ethiopia, with…
Egypt had blocked Gaza cross-border tunnels before 7 October, says Israeli army
Shafts of nine tunnels found under the Philadelphi Corridor were closed before the war, contrary to Netanyahu’s claims. An Israeli army investigation has found that the nine tunnels that cross the Gaza border into Sinai had been blocked by Egypt prior to the 7…
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