Egypt
Transforming Post-Revolution Cairo
Over the last decade, public squares across Cairo have been made inaccessible or demolished to make way for construction projects. There are no places for broad-leaved trees that could hinder surveillance nor shaded spaces that foster assembly. That is not an accident.
Cairo’s Correspondents
Among the Egyptian exiles who left the country after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power, dozens are journalists and media professionals who were dispersed around the world as Egyptian authorities tightened their control over privately owned media.
Egypt’s Botched #MeToo Moment
The Sisi government encouraged victims of sexual assault to come forward – then it arrested them.