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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEgyptian researchers must choose between forced exile and arrestThe Sisi regime’s authoritarian clamp-down on Egyptian academic freedom has left researchers with some stark choices
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEgypt will finally appoint women judges. But is the move really progress?If the plans go ahead in the expected form, they will anger both women’s rights activists and female law school graduates
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: ReviewHow Egyptian TV series ‘The Choice’ is stirring controversy about the Rab’a massacreThe show appears to adopt the regime’s narrative as fact, despite it being disputed by human rights organisations
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionCan worsening economies and increasing repression herald a new Arab Spring?North Africa today is reminiscent of the period leading up to the 2011 uprisings. Tensions are further aggravated by...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureCan social media help in the fight against sexual harassment in Egypt?Egyptian women experience sexual harassment every day, but feminist initiatives on social media are helping to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisThe EU and UK are releasing the money of deposed dictatorsWhy is the EU lifting sanctions on politicians accused of corruption in Egypt, Tunisia and Ukraine, when so little...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionWhy do churches have mixed attitudes towards the Arab Spring?Christian leaders in Egypt and Syria opposed the 2011 uprising but now their counterparts in Iraq and Lebanon back...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUnholy alliance: the global crusade against reproductive justiceAs the far Right unites, it is time that we also stand together and strengthen our ties
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘Always an outsider’: The Egyptians in exile both abroad and at homeThe scars of suspicion and alienation on those affected can last a lifetime
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEgyptian student of gender and religion jailed for terrorism on visit homeCrackdown on freedoms is intensifying with the arrest of Ahmed Samir Santawy – the latest student to be locked up on...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow the West supports Egypt’s military dictatorshipWhile human rights groups condemn President al-Sisi’s regime, he receives European arms deals, American aid, and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFrom ‘Tickling Giants’ to making kids laugh: an interview with Bassem YoussefThe Egyptian comedian’s first book for young people tackles bullying, racism and discrimination among immigrant children.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDancing with the devil: how the EU is complicit in Egypt’s brutal regimeJust weeks after staff from an Egyptian human rights group were arrested on terror charges, Macron rolled out the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill Europe stop covering up the crimes of the Egyptian regime?The latest wave of arrests of EIPR human rights activists in Egypt exposes Europe’s complicity with the regime.
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Published in: Global ExtremesHow can religiously inspired ideas explain violent extremism in Egypt?What role do religiously inspired ideas play in shaping the current wave of violent extremism in Egypt?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho’s talking about sex and modern relationships in Arabic?Sex and relationship conversations in Arabic media are dominated by conservative figures pushing a religious agenda.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe capitalist roots of Egyptian authoritarianism: demystifying a stateThe Egyptian state, did not evolve organically, an elite superimposed it, in order to fulfill dynastic ambitions.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: no country for all womenRecent events in Egypt show how the country’s mistreatment of women is part of a system that uses violence against...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: a state serving the militarySince the coup of 2013, there has been a process of structural change within the Egyptian state, where civilian...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Egyptian billionaire’s firm’s £1.5m export deal unveiled days after Tory donationUnatrac gave the Conservatives £125,000 in January. Six days later the firm's taxpayer-backed deal was announced....
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