Censorship

After successfully dislodging decades-old autocracies, pro-democracy activists in Egypt and Tunisia are striving to protect their hard-won gains through fragile…

Last year, a group of independent lawyers tried to ban the publication of 1001 Arabian Nights, claiming that it was…

An Arab rights group denounced on Thursday a blasphemy report filed earlier this month against the author of a narrative…

New York--Before a popular revolt ousted Egypt's autocratic president this year, it seemed certain that a film about the desperation…

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday that its lawyers filed a lawsuit to open the trials of former regime officials…

An Egyptian military court on Monday sentenced political activist Mikel Nabil to three years in prison for insulting the Armed…

The red lines that box in Egypt’s literary scene have both lightened and darkened under the 30-year Mubarak regime. Space…

Following the fall of the Mubarak regime, Egyptian artists have been quick to embrace their previously denied right of freedom…

Ali Abdulemam is a prominent digital activist in Bahrain, recently released from prison in a move the government hopes will…

Large numbers of police--and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks--squelched overt protests in China for a second…