Egypt Jails YouTuber
The New Arab, Egypt jails YouTuber over claims her son, daughter committed incest, 8 May 2023 “”There is an obsession among persons with low education to gain fame and...
Salma El-Shimy
Farah Rafik, Egyptian Streets, Egyptian TikTok Influencer Salma El-Shimy Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for ‘Inappropriate Content’, 19 April 2023 “According to police investigations, El-Shimy’s social media accounts...
Egypt TV Confusion
The New Arab, Easter Mass, Ramadan Taraweeh prayer mix up costs Egypt TV director his job “A local TV channel in Egypt accidentally wrote Easter Mass on the screen...
Egypt: Social Media Influencers
France24, Egypt’s female social media influencers face arrest, jail on ‘morality’ charges, 11 Apr 2023 “Egyptian authorities have since 2020 carried out a campaign to silence female social media...
LGBTQ Egypt
Jennifer Holleis, Deutsche Welle, LGBTQ rights in Egypt: Queer community battles crackdown, 30 March 2023 “Recent reports suggest that LGBTQ people in Egypt are increasingly being targeted digitally. But...
‘Saudi-Egypt Twitter war’
Sam Hamad, The New Arab, Saudi-Egypt Twitter war marks the end of Riyadh’s blank cheques for Sisi, 29 March 2023 “A media spat last month between Egyptian and Saudi...
Grindr Egypt Warning
Joe Ali, Pink News, Grindr sends every user in Egypt warning about police tricking and arresting queer men, 23 March 2023 “LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr has urged all users...
Alaa Abdel-Fattah
Deutesche Welle, Egypt: New push to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, 18 March 2023. “The activist and blogger is Egypt’s most prominent political prisoner. Despite a dramatic hunger strike late...
Egypt Crypto Scam
Al Jazeera, Egypt arrests dozens over alleged online crypto scam, 6 Mar 2023 “Egyptian authorities say they have arrested 29 people accused of running an online cryptocurrency scheme.”
LGBTQ+ Egypt Persecution
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, BBC News, How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps, 31 Jan 2023 “In Egypt, homosexuality is highly stigmatised, and there have long been allegations that...