Egypt

Maroon silhouette of two people performing in front of a crowd of people
Planet Hip Hop
Mahraganat artists in Egypt are defining hip-hop culture, despite government crackdowns
Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, left, speaks during an opening session at the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Climate Change
COP27: UN chief tells climate summit, Cooperate or perish
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan
Free speech
New restrictive regulations in Egypt will shut down access to independent information, legal director says
A general view of Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt
Global Politics
Egypt ends its state of emergency amid intense criticism of its human rights record
A gas station is empty because the gas pumps are out of service in Tehran, Iran, after a widespread outage of a system that allows consumers to buy fuel with a government-issued card
Top of The World
Iran faces widespread gas station outage, believed to be a cyberattack.
An array of bitcoins
Top of The World
El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi at a podium with an Egyptian flag behind him
Global Politics
Activists look to Congress after Biden requests military aid for Egypt without human rights conditions
A man holds a placard depicting Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sissi and reads he is a criminal as he stages a protest by the National Assembly in Paris, Dec. 8, 2020. 
Human rights
Powerful countries break their silence on Egypt’s human rights abuses 
A person paints a sign that says "I can't breathe" on a wall with a purple background.
Human rights
Public art honoring Egyptian American Moustafa Kassem sends universal human rights message
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zied, known by his nickname Shawkan, gestures in a soundproof glass cage.
Human rights
10 years after the Arab uprisings, Egypt at ‘lowest point’ for human rights
Tunisian protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi near the prime minister's office in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 28, 2011.
Global Politics
Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.
A close-up photo of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wearing headphones
Critical State
Illiberalism isn’t just rising — it’s spreading (Part I)
A man walks with a crowd at night with the Egyptian flag behind him.
Global Politics
Bestselling Egyptian author says he’s being sued for ‘insulting’ the government
A handout photo of Egyptian musician Ramy Essam
Music
This Egyptian musician’s passport was revoked for his political songs. He still can’t wait to go home again.
A candle surrounded by barbed wire next to a written description of Amal Fathy
Conflict & Justice
Egypt and Amal Fathy: One woman’s story highlights national wave of repression and sexual violence
Police stand in a line in a courtroom. They are dressed in black and white camouflage uniforms and each has a shield.
Egyptian court delays verdict in mass trial over Rabaa sit-in
Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Tahrir Square after presidential election results in Cairo, Egypt April 2, 2018. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi won 97 percent of the vote with virtually no opposition.
Global Satire
The arrest of an Egyptian satirist shines a light on the government’s system of intimidation
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
A fan of  Mashrou' Leila holds a rainbow flag during their concert
Music
Egypt is raiding its LGBTQ community after rainbow flags flew at a concert. And the West is silent.
An Egyptian mother reacts beside the body of her son who was on a boat carrying migrants which capsized off Egypt's coast, in Al-Beheira, Egypt, September 22, 2016.
Conflict
At least 162 bodies recovered from Egypt migrant shipwreck
Media
Egypt’s state TV boots anchorwomen, tells them to lose weight
Egypt looking for answers after 24 are killed in violence
Middle East unrest as the Ramadan holiday begins
Marwah Maasarani and her husband Omar Awad watching Donald Trump's RNC speech in their New Jersey livingroom on Thursday.
Election 2016
Here’s what a Muslim couple in New Jersey made of Donald Trump’s RNC speech
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the opening of the first and second phases of the housing project "Long Live Egypt", Egypt May 30, 2016.
Global Politics
Egypt deports TV host as Sisi’s crackdown on dissent continues
Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi greets his lawyers and people from behind bars after his verdict at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt on June 16, 2015.
Justice
An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence for the country’s first elected president, Mohammed Morsi
The Race for 2016, An American Imprisoned in Egypt, and A Piece of Civil Rights History
Full Episode
The Race for 2016, An American Imprisoned in Egypt, and A Piece of Civil Rights History
Full Episode
Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile, shown under construction in March of 2014. Egypt claims most of the water in the 4,000 mile-long river that it shares with 10 other countries, and fears the $4.7 billion Renaissance dam will reduce the wa
Environment
A deal on Africa’s biggest dam eases tensions on the Nile
Amira Mikhail, an Egyptian-American activist.
Justice
From thousands of miles away, an activist tries to keep change alive in Egypt
Children in El-Mahalla El-Kubra role-playing as ISIS fightering and “slaughtering” other children. Faces in this screenshot were blurred by Global Voices Online.
Conflict
Egyptian kids would rather play ‘ISIS executioners’ than ‘cops and robbers’
During Sunday worship at St. Antonius Coptic Church in Hayward, California, women sit on one side of the church, and men on the other.
Belief
In California, praying in a language rooted in ancient Egypt
Protesters hold a sign and photographs of detained Al-Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, an Australian, Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian national, and Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian. The three who were jailed in Cairo on December 29, 2013. Greste was release
Justice
The release of a jailed journalist can’t hide Egypt’s human rights problem
Al Jazeera journalists (L-R) Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed stand behind bars at a court in Cairo last summer.
Justice
New trial ordered for three journalists in prison in Cairo
Rasha Abdulla overlooking Tahrir Square just hours before Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power.
Conflict
Egypt’s social media activists cannot depend solely on Twitter, Facebook
Cairo University students shout slogans against the government and flash the "V" and "Rabaa" signs, protesting the release of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's. Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on November 30, 2014, in response to the
Justice
Egyptians are shocked as former president Hosni Mubarak goes free
Arts, Culture & Media
In Egypt, ‘electro-chaabi’ music stirs up controversy
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Mahraganat–Musical Revolution in Egypt
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Mahraganat–Musical Revolution in Egypt
Lifestyle & Belief
Egyptian Filmmaker Gives Context to the 2011 Revolution
The Power of Art in a Changing Middle East
Full Episode
Shoubra El-Kheima Power Station, belonging to the North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company, is pictured in Cairo, April 19, 2014. Egypt needs to find at least $5 billion to invest in its dilapidated power grid, a government official told Reuters.
Development & Education
What’s on Egyptian voters’ minds? They want enough electricity to keep the lights on
Egypt's leftist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi (center) gestures before a rally in Banha, northwest of Cairo. Egyptians will vote in presidential elections on May 26 and 27.
Global Politics
This man wants to be Egypt’s next president — and he has no ties to the country’s military
Security forces arrest a pro-Mursi protester during clashes
Conflict & Justice
Egypt hands out an unprecedented 529 death sentences — with more possibly coming on Tuesday
Security forces arrest a pro-Mursi protester during clashes
Conflict & Justice
Egypt hands out an unprecedented 529 death sentences — with more possibly coming on Tuesday
Conflict & Justice
The court trial begins in Egypt for three Al-Jazeera journalists
The Faith Mosque zawya in Cairo
Lifestyle & Belief
In Egypt, controlling religion is the government’s insurance policy
Political activist Ahmed Douma
Global Politics
The sentencing of political activists in Egypt has raised fear of Mubarak-era repression
Image of Sisi on chocolate
Global Politics
Egypt’s top military commander gets put on a chocolate pedestal
Egypt's Mohammed Morsi  and others in court
Global Politics
A defiant Mohammed Morsi goes on trial in Egypt
Work by graffiti artist Abo Bakr on a street near Tahrir Square in Cairo as seen in Jehane Noujaim’s documentary, 'The Square.'
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Square’ documentary brings Egypt’s revolution to the big screen
Egypt's head coach Bob Bradley (R) of the US speaks with Ahmed Fathi before a training session during their final training camp.
Sports
Egyptian soccer fans blame the American coach for a humiliating loss to Ghana
Egyptian Army's campaign in Sinai
Conflict & Justice
Families are ‘terrified’ by Egypt’s violent crackdown in the Sinai
Residents and tourists watch as smoke rises from a state security building in the Sinai after a car bomb blast. Medical sources said three were killed and 48 injured in the attack.
Conflict & Justice
The last few days have seen rising violence in Egypt
Egypt’s tourism industry grinds to a halt
What are the prospects for peace in Egypt?
Global Politics
Egyptian unrest boils over as military kills hundreds of Morsi supporters
The Evolution of The Egyptian Revolution
As Deaths Rise to More Than 500, A Look At Next Steps for Egypt, U.S.-Mideast Relations
Who Will Decide Egypt’s Future?