Repression and Expression: Creativity under the Egyptian Regime

“Smuggling drugs is easier than smuggling a poem or article out of prison.”

Old Habits Die Hard: Egyptian Police and the Enduring Legacy of Extrajudicial Execution

In a fateful moment overseen by family elders and tribal sheikhs, two young men (17 and 18 years old) decided...

“She Forges a Path to the Beyond”: A Chronicle of Forced Disappearance

“During that first week, I counted the hours. Then a week or two passed, then a year, two, three years......

My Son Is Not Alone. Millions of Young People Commit His Crime.

The New York Times published an open letter written by Leila Soueif, mother of Alaa Abdel Fatah, detained in Egypt.

Shadi Habash is dead, let’s talk for those who remain

Poetry and Pestilence

How do you avoid plagues of burrowing parasitic mites in an overcrowded prison cell? How do you avoid catching them...