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Journalist Salma IslamSI

Salma Islam

Salma Islam is a British journalist who has been based in Cairo since 2013. She focuses mainly on Egyptian politics, culture and society. Salma has a background in British politics, and was a political consultant in London before moving to Egypt.
A woman burns a portrait of ousted President Mohamed Mursi at the funeral of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat, on the second anniversary of the June 30 protests, in Cairo, Egypt, June 30, 2015.
Conflict & Justice
Five years of Sisi’s crackdown has left ‘no form of opposition’ in Egypt
A voter's finger is marked with ink at a polling station during the second day of the presidential election in Alexandria, Egypt, March 27, 2018.
Global Politics
Egypt targeted ‘fake news’ ahead of presidential elections
The site of Grand Egyptian Museum
Culture
A new Egyptian museum will bring treasures of the pyramids back to practically where they were buried
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi attends a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Nov. 20, 2017.
Conflict
In Egypt’s ‘joke’ election, Sisi’s only challenger is perhaps his biggest fan
Visitors walk around pharaonic artefacts inside the Egyptian Museum
Economics
Tourists are returning to Egypt after years of staying away
Women wearing headscarves sit in chairs at a public beach in Alexandria, Egypt
Culture
In some affluent circles in Egypt, the hijab and burkini just won’t do
Mohamed Zaree giving a talk with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies in Egypt.
Conflict
Meet the winner of the ‘Nobel for human rights’ that Egypt doesn’t want you to know about
A resident looks on from his traditional house at the Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan, southern Egypt.
Justice
Egypt detains Nubians during a peaceful, singing protest
A man plays music on a traditional musical instrument in the Nubian village of Adindan
Culture
Egypt’s indigenous Nubians continue their long wait to return to ancestral lands
Egypt journalists protests
Media
Egypt is blocking access to news sites on an ‘unprecedented level’
A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt.
Justice
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls ‘fantastic’ is now strengthening his power over the courts
Aya Hijazi, founder of a nonprofit charity that looks after Egyptian street children, sat reading a book inside a holding cell as she faced trial in a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt on March 23.
Justice
American charity worker in Egypt is acquitted after three years in jail
A protester uses his sandal to beat a picture of Egypt's then-President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir square in Cairo on June 28, 2013.
Global Politics
Some Egyptians are comparing Trump to an unlikely, Islamist figure
Morning circle time with Aya Hijazi and some of the children the group works with outside the Belady Foundation.
Justice
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison