My name is Ihsaan Azab. I'm 20 years old, and I was born in America. I lived half my life there and the other half in Egypt. I grew up in free country and knew how it felt to express myself. I moved to Egypt 10 years ago, but I still didn't realise...
Popular Tunisian journalist Haythem El Mekki, is under enormous pressure to resign from national television after been accused of bias. Mekki has been suspended from his position at Tunisian TV station El Watanya I, where he co-hosts a programme...
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...
Monday 23 January will be remembered as a grim day for freedom of expression in Tunisia. In addition to the trial of Nabil Karoui, general director of Nessma TV, accused of "violating sacred values” and “disturbing the public order” for...
Stateless protesters face deportation after demonstrations in Kuwait demanding citizenship turned violent. Kuwaiti authorities revealed that as a punishment, the stateless "Bedoon" population, those without passports, would be forced out of the...
Twelve of thirteen defendants were acquitted today by a Bahraini court, including Wafi Al-Majed, the husband of human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Al-Khawaja, who tweets under the username...
An international mission today releases a report asking Bahraini officials to deliver on reform promises, and to stop continuing violations of free expression
A Tunis court today delayed issuing a verdict on Nabil Karoui, general director of Nessma TV, a privately-owned television station, and two of his employees, until 19 April. The three are accused of “violating sacred values” and "disturbing the...
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...