Taha Sakr
Taha Sakr
Journalist / news reporter who worked previously for Daily News Egypt and The Cairo Post.Studied media and journalism at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University. His reporting focuses on the ongoing conflict in Sinai and Egyptian military strategy there, and he also covers other political stories and issues of rights and freedoms.
IWD: Egyptian female politicians: between potential presidential candidates and real ministers
Features/Interviews
March 8, 2018
IWD: Egyptian female politicians: between potential presidential candidates and real ministers
On an annual basis, countries around the world celebrate International Women’s Day in March, but in Egypt, the government decided…
Egypt army disrupting Israeli cellular networks used by IS inside Sinai: Former 777 unit commander
Egypt
March 8, 2018
Egypt army disrupting Israeli cellular networks used by IS inside Sinai: Former 777 unit commander
Israeli officials have voiced complaints in the media recently that southern Israel is suffering from cellular blackouts due to the…
We will not accept any type of sit-ins or protests: Parliament speaker
Egypt
March 7, 2018
We will not accept any type of sit-ins or protests: Parliament speaker
Egyptian Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said during a Tuesday parliamentary session that the Egyptian state will not accept the…
Egypt Intelligence Service provided weapons to rogue Qatari officers in failed 1996 coup attempt: Jazeera
Egypt
March 6, 2018
Egypt Intelligence Service provided weapons to rogue Qatari officers in failed 1996 coup attempt: Jazeera
Qatar-based TV network al-Jazeera recently broadcast a documentary series in which it accused Egypt of providing weapons to Qatari military…
US planned to remove me from power since 2005: Mubarak
Egypt
March 2, 2018
US planned to remove me from power since 2005: Mubarak
Egypt’s ousted former President Hosni Mubarak said in a leaked audio record that the United States had been a playing…
Insulting army or police is ‘treason’, not freedom of opinion: Sisi
Egypt
March 2, 2018
Insulting army or police is ‘treason’, not freedom of opinion: Sisi
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Egyptian media outlets on Thursday from spreading information that may defame the army or police…
Army kills 13 militants, arrests 86 suspects in day 20 of ‘Sinai 2018’
Egypt
March 1, 2018
Army kills 13 militants, arrests 86 suspects in day 20 of ‘Sinai 2018’
The Egyptian Armed Forces killed on Thursday 13 militants during a shootout that took place as sweeping operations of ‘Sinai…
Egypt to monitor media outlets for ‘false news’ after ‘inaccurate’ BBC report
Egypt
February 28, 2018
Egypt to monitor media outlets for ‘false news’ after ‘inaccurate’ BBC report
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek ordered on Wednesday prosecution lawyers across Egypt to monitor media outlets and social media platforms to…
‘Forcibly disappeared’ woman from BBC report appears on TV
Egypt
February 27, 2018
‘Forcibly disappeared’ woman from BBC report appears on TV
A young Egyptian woman which a recent BBC report alleged had been “forcibly disappeared” in Egypt appeared on television on…
Egyptian hospital denies turning off life-support for UK tourist after £7,000 medical bill
Egypt
February 20, 2018
Egyptian hospital denies turning off life-support for UK tourist after £7,000 medical bill
Egyptian social media users erupted in the wake of claims from UK newspaper, the Daily Mail, that a British tourist –…