The detention of an Egyptian human rights lawyer shortly after his arrival in Saudi Arabia last week to perform Umrah (or lesser pilgrimage) has evoked outrage and a wave of anti-Saudi protests in Egypt. The case has brought to light the deep...
Tens of thousands of protesters returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square in a massive demonstration Friday demanding that the ruling military generals immediately hand over power to a civilian government. The protesters also called for former regime...
A Cairo military court on Sunday heard witness testimony in a case against a soldier who allegedly performed "virginity tests" on seven female protesters on 10 March 2011. 22-year-old Samira Ibrahim filed a lawsuit against the military doctor whom...
Shahira Amin speaks to Egypt’s iconic blogger, who was released from jail last week
Ten months in a tiny prison cell with padded walls and flickering lights have done little to alter 26 year-old Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil's views on the military government running Egypt in the transitional phase. Instead, his confinement...
One year on, protesters are still demanding freedoms in the square that became a byword for the Arab Spring. Shahira Amin reports
It started as a day of celebration, with tens of thousands of Egyptians converging on Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of Egypt's revolution, 25 January. The morning crowd --- dominated by bearded Islamists --- waved flags and strolled...
Egyptian state TV--- for decades the mouthpiece of the authoritarian regime --- is an ugly towering block of concrete and steel overlooking the River Nile at Maspero in downtown Cairo. In the post-revolutionary era, it is a heavily fortified...
A year on from the uprising which ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians are still waiting for media reforms.
Shahira Amin reports
One year after the mass uprising that forced former President Hosni Mubarak to relinquish power, Egyptians are still waiting for comprehensive media reforms that would pave the way for democracy. The military authorities controlling the country in...
A Cairo civilian court has ordered an end to the practice of forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons. Judge Ali Fekry, head of the Egyptian Administrative Court, read out the ruling at noon on Tuesday in a courtroom packed...
Until a little over a year ago, 29-year-old Karim (not his real name ) was happy and carefree. He had a good job, a stable income and many caring friends. Then he discovered he was HIV positive and his life changed entirely. "It is as if I am...