The death toll from three days of unrest in Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square has risen to 33, with more than 1700 injured. More casualties and...
Egyptian protesters fighting for a revolution “stolen” by the military
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Shahira Amin
Shahira Amin
Shahira Amin is a freelance Egyptian journalist who quit state run TV during the Jan 25th revolution in protest at the biased coverage of the Tahrir events.
Blogger passes 40th day of hunger strike
It's Maikel Nabil Sanad's 26th birthday but he is in no celebratory mood. When I arrive at El Marg prison north of Cairo during visiting hours on...
Raid on Egyptian Al Jazeera offshoot marks new media crackdown
The Cairo offices of Al-Jazeera Mubasher (Direct), an affiliate of the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera International news network, were ransacked by...
Libya: Overcoming the challenges
The world has been watching with bated breath as a third Arab authoritarian regime collapses. Crowds of jubilant Libyans continue to throng the...
Egypt military pardons activist bloggers after criticism
Egypt's ruling military council decided on 18 August to drop charges against high-profile activists Asmaa Mahfouz and Louai Nagati. The two had been...
Cracks show in post-revolution Egypt
Six months after tens of thousands of opposition activists staged peaceful protests in Tahrir Square forcing longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak to step...
“I am on the people’s side, not the regime’s”
Shahira Amin, the number two at Nile television, explains why she resigned from Egyptian state television When I got into the car to drive to work...