Egypt minister apologises over police abuses
Egypt’s interior minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said authorities were exerting “huge efforts” to investigate last month’s torture and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni (photo
Egypt’s interior minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said authorities were exerting “huge efforts” to investigate last month’s torture and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni (photo

By Abdullah Al-Arian The final step in the restoration of Egypt’s authoritarian system of government appears to be complete. Ali Abdel Al is elected
Countries where Islam is already favoured in law, like Afghanistan and Iraq, show the strongest backing for having Sharia as the official law of the
Wednesday 11 November 2015 11:05 UTC Esraa al-Taweel’s defence team say that, though she reportedly confessed to assassination plot, charges against her have
Egypt’s ongoing parliamentary elections – farcical in every sense, with a turnout so far ofonly 2 percent – are further proof that Egypt is

By David Hearst If Jews want to preserve their ghastly collective memory from being desecrated they should tell Netanyahu he does not represent them For

By David Hearst Sunday was a midsummer’s day, whose balmy warmth lulled Londoners like me into a false and strictly transient sense that all

By Ahmed Bedier Never a member of organised religious or political groups, Amir Bedier was in Rabaa to protest against Egypt’s military takeover

By David Hearst If Egyptian religious authorities say it is haram to read Middle East Eye, it is not their fatwa but Sisi’s Sunday
By Miro Guzzini Al Jazeera’s journalist Ahmed Mansour (C) is greeted by supporters after being released in Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)