Egypt

The sun sets during the demonstrations at the presidential palace in Cairo.

Food, fuel and faith divide Cairo’s streets

By Bel Trew - 03 July 14:15

While the president and army appear locked in conflict, the streets are divided between the extraordinary groundswell of dissent against the president and those loyalists staging their own sit-ins and demos.

Worsening safety for women, breakdowns in the rule of law.

Morsi has betrayed the Egyptian revolution

By Charlotte Allan - 29 June 13:24

Worsening safety for women, breakdowns in the rule of law, crackdowns on cultural activity and police abuse - the Arab Spring wasn't meant to end like this.

A protest artist paints Tamarod or "Rebel" graffiti in downtown Cairo

A make or break moment for Egypt's President Morsi

By Bel Trew - 26 June 13:23

The first anniversary of the president's inauguration is expected to spark nationwide protests. The grassroots campaign Tamarod aims to secure enough signatures to a vote-of-no-confidence petition to outweigh the 13 million votes that brought Morsi into power.

A narrow branch of the Nile river in downtown Cairo. Photograph: Getty Images

Egypt–Ethiopia crisis: “No Nile, No Egypt”

By Martin Plaut - 11 June 8:49

Long years of deadlock and bitter recrimination are now coming to a head as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens Egypt's water security.

A woman shouts slogans with a megaphone during a protest in Cairo

With Tasers and placards, the women of Egypt are fighting back against sexism

By Laurie Penny - 24 February 12:44

Laurie Penny reports from Cairo.

An Egyptian activist draws graffiti depicting a woman

For Egypt's women, silence on sexual harassment is unacceptable

By Lucy Provan - 07 February 21:24

Hundreds of women marched to Tahrir Square, brandishing knives and rolling pins, to make their anger heard.

Egyptians carry a wounded protestor during clashes with riot police

The People's Republic: the rise of civil disobedience in Egypt

By Bel Trew and Yassin Gaber - 25 January 11:33

As Egypt celebrates the second anniversary of the 25 January revolution, cities are threatening to declare independence from central government.

Egyptian opposition supporters shout slogans

The myth of the Islamist winter

By Olivier Roy - 13 December 7:37

Egypt and Tunisia aren’t sliding into chaos – they are simply learning how to be democracies.

President Morsi at the UN General Assembly in September

Ignore the neocons – I refuse to give up on Egypt, or the Arab spring

By Mehdi Hasan - 29 November 8:44

Long live the Arab Spring - despite the murmurs about Morsi’s “pharaonic” decree in Egypt and the Syrian bloodbath, I refuse to lose faith in the people of the Arab world.