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A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

May 14, 2020

Members of the special forces police stand guard in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court during a court session to determine if the House of Representatives parliamentary election law is constitutional, Cairo, March 1, 2015. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt imposes strict measures on illegal construction

Mohamed Saied

Are Egypt’s anti-terror efforts 'shackled' by law?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Members of special police forces stand guard as police investigate the car from which an explosive device attached to it detonated outside a court in the Heliopolis area in Cairo, June 25, 2014. One person was wounded from the small explosion outside the court on Wednesday, the head of Cairo's bomb disposal unit told Reuters. At least four people were wounded in a series of small explosions in metro stations in Greater Cairo earlier in the day. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RT

Military trials in Egypt undermine civil law

Ahmed Fouad

Egyptian men pose with their passports before voting in a referendum on the country's new constitution at the Egyptian embassy in Amman January 9, 2014. Egyptians living outside the country on Wednesday began voting in the referendum on the new constitution. The referendum marks the first time Egyptians have voted since the removal of President Mohamed Mursi in July, and is seen as much as a public vote of confidence on the roadmap and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the constitution itself. REUTERS/Maje

Egypt aims to amend rules for revoking citizenship

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics