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Laila Soueif, a long-time Egyptian activist in her 50s and assistant professor at Cairo University, chuckles softly and humbly at…

Sixty-five Egyptian detainees in Israeli prisons began an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday to demand their release, UPI news agency…

Authorities on Sunday released for health reasons a Jama'a al-Islamiya leader convicted of killing tourists in the 1997 Luxor massacre…

Tora prison authorities have confiscated an iPad discovered with detained former Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza during a surprise inspection. Police…

In letters sent to the UN and the African Commission, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is asking them…

The Rafah border crossing, between Egypt and Gaza, reopened on Saturday following its weekend closure.

Families of Egyptian prisoners in Israel have staged a demonstration before the North Sinai Security Directorate, protesting against a deal…

Negotiations between Egypt and Israel over swapping alleged spy Ilan Grapel for Egyptian prisoners in Israel are in their final…

Forty-three Palestinians released from Israeli prisons as part of a prisoner swap will arrive at Cairo International Airport at 5…

Egypt will allow the vice president of Hamas' political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk, to move from Damascus to Cairo and…