Ahmed Shawkat is a CBS News producer based in Cairo. He has worked for CBS News since 2016, prior to which he worked with several European networks including TVE, ZDF, SVT and Yle. More than a decade ...

Actor Mohamed Alaa stood out during Ramadan 2026 by delivering contrasting performances in Ayn Sahriya (Magic Eye) and Tawabea (Aftershock), showcasing his ability to portray complex, psychologically ...

Forty-year-old Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah has embarked on a hunger strike to the death. A leader of the 2011 Arab Spring in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that overthrew the longtime, ...

In the summer of 2011, several months after the protest-led ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, I participated in a program on Al Jazeera’s English-language channel called The Café. The setup ...

London — Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent rights activist imprisoned in Egypt, went on "full hunger strike" on Tuesday and intends to start refusing even water from the first day of the COP27 climate ...

In early 2011, after huge protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square ended Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade autocracy, many activists who had taken to the streets found themselves in high demand. They were guests ...

In New York Monday, one of the Arab world's most influential bloggers talked about his experience galvanizing political change through digital media. Egyptian blogger, software developer and democracy ...

Ms. Soueif is a professor of mathematics and the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, a political prisoner in Egypt. CAIRO — Standing outside the Tora prison complex, where my son is held, a mother asks me: ...

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent Egyptian revolutionary activist and blogger, has been released from prison after nearly two months behind bars. Fattah was ordered jailed by a military court on October ...

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk held talks with Minister of Planning and Economic Development Ahmed Rostom to… Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk said the country’s agricultural ...