Egyptian Revolution

Egypt detains more than 1,100 after anti-Sisi protests – rights monitors

Gamal Eid, head of Arab Network for Human Rights Information, says his group and two others have jointly documented more than 1,100 arrests following last week's protests that called on President Abdel Fattah el Sisi to quit.

Has Sisi's rule reached its breaking point?

The Egyptian government easily silences or dismisses critics but even President Sisi is having a hard time ignoring one wealthy exile sparking protests in Egypt.

Anti-Sisi protests break out in Egypt, several arrested

Hundreds of Egyptians staged protests in Cairo and other cities against President Abdel Fattah el Sisi, as #TahrirSquare hashtag became a trending topic on Twitter shortly after the protests began.

Egypt says security forces killed 17 militants

Egypt's interior ministry said they killed at least 17 militants in raids in Cairo and in Fayoum, four days after a car filled with explosives wrecked outside the county's main cancer hospital, killing at least 20 people.

Morsi’s life since the Egyptian Revolution

After rising from obscurity to become Egypt’s first and only democratically elected president, Morsi spent his final years jailed in poor conditions.

Morsi wasn't perfect but he was Egypt's best bet against tyranny

Mohamed Morsi embodied the Egyptian establishment's worst fears: a democratic path for the country. He could not be openly executed and was instead ushered to a slow death.

De-democratisation in practice: Egypt’s constitutional change

Is Egypt's Abdel Fattah el Sisi becoming president for life?

The authoritarianism the Arab Spring fought has been rooted and normalised

It's been eight years since the revolt in Egypt and the irony is that the country is more authoritarian now then it's ever been - and so are its backers.

Interpol removes red notice against Islamic scholar Yusuf Al Qaradawi

Accused of various crimes by Egyptian president Abdel Fatah el Sisi, Interpol's clean chit to the scholar comes as a setback to the Saudi-led bloc in the Middle East.

How long can Sisi rule over Egypt?

Egypt's Abdel Fattah el Sisi — since taking power five years ago—has managed to consolidate a lot of power in very little time. Is he Egypt's next Hosni Mubarak?

Istanbul: A haven for Egyptian journalists in exile

Several TV channels linked to the Muslim Brotherhood operate from Turkey since the 2013 military coup in Egypt. They offer a critical viewpoint to people living under the rule of military strongman, Abdel Fattah el Sisi.

Egypt election 2018: Sisi's statements contradict the facts on the ground

The Egyptian people have been struggling to make ends meet ever since the 2011 revolution ushered in military strongman Abdel Fattah el Sisi.