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Protests against President Sisi broke out in several suburban and rural areas of Egypt on Monday night, while security forces detained nearly 200 people for participating in previous protests.
Campaigners describe the Bisri Valley dam as an environmental crime and a prime example of poor governance.
Sisi the so-called secularist sets his sights on Al-Azhar
Comment: Not content with an already severely restricted public sphere, Sisi has moved to bring this 1,000-year-old Egyptian centre of learning and scholarship under his control, writes Sam Hamad.
Egyptian law needs to catch up with #MeToo
Comment: Egypt needs a culture shift, but also a comprehensive law against sexual violence, rather than just minor adjustments to existing ...
Egypt is targeting 'evil people' instead of fighting Covid-19
Comment: Sisi is using propaganda tinged with patriotism and tailor-made emergency legislation to target people who dare to speak out against ...
Sudan nearing settlement with US for 1998 embassy bombings
Sudan's FM said a compensation deal with victims of twin embassy bomings in Kenya and Tanzania was being finalised, as the country nears being taken off the US terrorism blacklist.
Egypt mufti says neutrality in Libya is 'haram'
Two of Egypt's top Muslim religious authorities have backed the country's stance on Libya after President Sisi threatened to intervene in ...
Egypt's top religious body slams Ottoman 'occupation' of Istanbul
The influential religious body's statement about the Ottoman conquest comes amid fierce debate around the conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a ...
Award-winning Yemen journalist Nabil Al-Qaiti assassinated in Aden
Photojournalist Nabil al-Qaiti, a prominent photojournalist documenting Yemen's conflict and a vocal supporter of the southern ...
Coronavirus Pandemic: Positive stories of resilience and bravery
Top five stories highlighting the Middle East’s resilience in the face of the novel coronavirus this week.
Church in Germany hosts Friday prayers for muslims
A pastor and an imam collaborated in Germany to provide a space of worship to muslims inside a church, in a bid to observe strict social ...
Outrage in Lebanon as video shows soldiers beating doctor
People across Lebanon were shocked by a CCTV video showing two army soldiers beating a doctor inside a hospital in the northern city of Tripoli.
US Supreme Court demands $4 billion Sudan compensation
The US Supreme Court has sided with the victims of the 1998 al-Qaeda embassy bombings, ordering Sudan to pay out more than $4 billion ...
How lockdown is dismantling borders for Arab artists
Lockdown is bringing an ironic sense of freedom to artists in the Middle East, with live streams dismantling borders and opening frontiers like ...
Pakistan PM requests special Ramadan broadcast of Turkish series
Pakistan's prime minister has personally requested the broadcast of television series 'Dirilis: Ertugrul', which is known as the Turkish 'Game ...
Friday or Saturday? Muslims split over start of Ramadan
Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Qatar and Saudi Arabia will start Ramadan on Thursday evening, while Iran and Oman have announced Ramadan for Friday evening.
Muslims create 'mini mosques' to beat Ramadan lockdown blues
With mosques shuttered due to the coronavirus epidemic, the 'Mini Mosque' campaign encourages families to create the spirit of Ramadan in their ...
Lebanon prepares for muted Ramadan celebrations under coronavirus lockdown
Muslims in Lebanon are preparing for muted Ramadan celebrations amid a nationwide lockdown, but many are viewing it as an opportunity to get ...
Islam's Prophet Muhammad's pandemic advice goes viral in 2020
Advice given more than 1,400 years by Islam's Prophet Muhammad has gone viral in 2020, as the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak.
The Middle East at war with coronavirus: Top stories
IMF is providing Yemen immediate debt relief in bid to fight coronavirus, Mossad admits to stealing face masks amid a global shortage of PPE, ...
Egypt religious authority advises pilgrims to donate Umrah funds
Egypt's official Islamic authority has invited Egyptians to donate funds they would have spent on their Umrah pilgrimage towards coronavirus ...
Egypt declares full nationwide lock-down, night time curfew
All movement, including private and public transport, will be halted from 7pm to 6am, as the Prime Minister warned of further measures if ...
Supreme Court could demand billions in damages from Sudan
Paying compensation to the victims of two Al-Qaeda attacks is seen as a key step to Sudan's removal from the US State Sponsors of ...
Egypt lawmakers consider granting president power to select mufti
A draft law submitted by MPs proposes that the president should have the final say on the selection of Egypt's highest-ranking Muslim official.
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