Egypt
Bestselling Egyptian author says he's being sued for 'insulting' the government
The bestselling author of "The Yacoubian Building" has faced bans, backlash and now, a lawsuit in his homeland of Egypt.
Egypt is raiding its LGBTQ community after rainbow flags flew at a concert. And the West is silent.
At least 162 bodies recovered from Egypt migrant shipwreck
Egypt's state TV boots anchorwomen, tells them to lose weight
Here's what a Muslim couple in New Jersey made of Donald Trump's RNC speech
Egypt deports TV host as Sisi's crackdown on dissent continues
Prominent British-Lebanese TV presenter Liliane Daoud was arrested and deported out of Egypt this week. She says her deportation is the latest in a long series of crackdowns on vocal journalists in Egypt.
An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence for the country’s first elected president, Mohammed Morsi
Mohammed Morsi, one of the leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the country’s first democratically elected president — is in prison and facing the death penalty. What does that say about Egypt’s future?
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Mahraganat–Musical Revolution in Egypt
Afropop is pleased to unveil a new series of guest posts, offering coverage of music scenes by writers who know them best. Our latest installment comes from Cairo, Egypt. Ferida Jawad, who teaches Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Netherlands ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/18897/mahraganat-the-establishment-of-a-genre/"> Read more »</a>