Tag: Egypt

Activists, children swept up in brutal crackdown on dissent: Egypt

In the largest nationwide arrest, security forces stop minors at checkpoints to check their phones for ‘political’ material.Image Courtesy: alaraby.co.ukIn a security clampdown to shut down protests against President...

Living the double life: behind the lies of women’s daily lives in Egypt

The consequences of living this sort of double-life go...

Are dictators on the way out – or on the way up?

All around the world, democracy is looking shaky. While...

Al-Sisi poised for empty victory in Egypt as signs of unrest grow across the region

Egyptians are voting in presidential elections on March 26-28....

Most LGBT arrests in Egypt result from ‘sexting’ by morality police

Egyptian morality police are systematically using fake social media...

‘We need to talk’ about Sisi’s twisted take on human rights

No one is keeping the Egyptian government from “fighting...

Egyptian MPs seek to ban gay sex, gay social activities and rainbow flags

Amid the continuing moral panic over homosexuality in Egypt,...

Egypt: Somewhere over the rainbow there are police ready to pounce

Seven people who waved rainbow flags during a music...

On the absence of Arab intellectuals: a class under siege

The urban middle class in Egypt is averse to...

Arab world: Where atheism is equated with extremism

For Muslims who publicly abandon Islam the problem is...

Egypt: the deep state’s war on journalism

The state is aware that free press means more...

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