Salma Islam
Salma Islam is a British journalist who has been based in Cairo since 2013.
Salma Islam is a British journalist who has been based in Cairo since 2013. She focuses mainly on Egyptian politics, culture and society. Salma has a background in British politics, and was a political consultant in London before moving to Egypt.
Five years of Sisi’s crackdown has left ‘no form of opposition’ in Egypt
Egypt's "second revolution" unleashed a fierce crackdown which is showing no signs of slowing down. Here's now it happened.
Egypt targeted ‘fake news’ ahead of presidential elections
A new Egyptian museum will bring treasures of the pyramids back to practically where they were buried
In Egypt’s ‘joke’ election, Sisi’s only challenger is perhaps his biggest fan
Tourists are returning to Egypt after years of staying away
In some affluent circles in Egypt, the hijab and burkini just won't do
In Egypt, numerous bars and restaurants that target an affluent clientele have some sort of veil ban in place — that includes headscarves like the hijab or other forms of Islamic headdress as well as the niqab where only a woman’s eyes can be seen.
Meet the winner of the ‘Nobel for human rights’ that Egypt doesn’t want you to know about
Mohamed Zaree has won the Martin Ennals Award announced in Geneva, but Egypt wouldn't let him leave the country to receive it.
Egypt detains Nubians during a peaceful, singing protest
Nubians are the descendants of an ancient African civilization and they were marching for the right to return to their ancestral homeland of Nubia.
Egypt’s indigenous Nubians continue their long wait to return to ancestral lands
Nubians are descendants of an ancient African civilization as old as Egypt itself. Their historical homeland, Nubia, stretches along the Nile covering present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
Egypt is blocking access to news sites on an ‘unprecedented level’
Observers say it's a sign of President Sisi's weakening support. But Egyptian journalists are feeling more at risk than ever.
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls 'fantastic' is now strengthening his power over the courts
Weeks after Donald Trump welcomed him to the White House and praised his good work, Egypt's Abdul Fattah al-Sisi quietly gave himself new powers that judges and rights groups say threaten whatever Egyptian court independence remains.
American charity worker in Egypt is acquitted after three years in jail
Her US lawyer says engagement with the Egyptians by the Trump and Obama administrations, as well as by Congress and advocacy groups, helped win her release.
Some Egyptians are comparing Trump to an unlikely, Islamist figure
Tahrir Square revolutionaries compare Donald Trump to Egypt’s jailed President Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader who decreed himself unlimited powers and was toppled by the military a year into his term.
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison
American-Egyptian Aya Hijazi and her husband have been in Egyptian prison for almost 1,000 days. Rights groups are concerned the US government will stop pressuring Egypt on the case after Donald Trump takes office.