After Egyptian actress Amal Fathy walked out of a Cairo bank this May, she logged on to Facebook. Fathy posted a video where she claimed that the police officers monitoring the bank had sexually ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent ...

Human rights groups are calling for the release of an Egyptian activist arrested after she posted a video criticizing the government for failing to protect women against sexual harassment. Amal Fathy, ...

An exhibition of the work of renowned Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy is currently on display at the Gezira Art Center in Zamalek. Fathy, who died at the age of 89 in 1989, is considered by many to be ...

Human rights groups are calling for the release of an Egyptian activist arrested after she posted a video criticizing the government for failing to protect women against sexual harassment. Amal Fathy, ...

A court in Egypt has ordered the release of the women's rights activist Amal Fathy, who was detained after criticising the authorities for failing to tackle sexual harassment. Ms Fathy was charged ...

History will long remember Hassan Fathy for his courageous yet unsuccessful attempt to use architecture as a tool that could challenge Western hegemony and transform the lives of Egyptians. Fathy was ...

The American University in Cairo's (AUC) Rare Books and Special Collections Library has been assisting with a project to restore New Gourna village in Luxor, providing original drawings, documents and ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent ...

Description via Amazon. Hassan Fathy is Egypt's best-known 20th-century architect. He was also a man of contradictions. He came from a wealthy background and had a western-style training. Yet he ...