Maged Atef
This Is What It's Like To Live Through An Attack That Killed More Than 300 People
After an attack that killed more than 300 people gathered for prayers, Egyptians are grappling with their new reality as the army, ISIS, and other radicals battle in the Sinai Peninsula.
Borzou Daragahi
Lawmakers Want To Make It Even Harder To Be Gay In Egypt
The law follows an anti-LGBT crackdown in response to a rainbow flag being waved at a rock show in September.
J. Lester Feder
Trump Wants Other Countries To Stop Trading With North Korea. That’s Easier Said Than Done.
“If this North Korean issue is so important for the US, why didn’t they ever mention it with us before?” one Egyptian official told BuzzFeed News.
Megha Rajagopalan
Egyptian Officials Blame Dysfunction In Washington For US Decision To Withhold Aid
The Egyptian government thought it had a friend in Trump. Now officials are angry after reports that the Trump administration will cut millions of dollars in aid over human rights concerns.
Maged Atef
These Egyptians Are Not Here For Their Government Breaking Off Ties With Qatar
“Qatar will take care of Egyptians — Egypt won’t.”
Maged Atef
Here's Why Egypt Has Just Banned 21 Websites
“The state simply wants to have full control over all the media until the elections are over.”
Maged Atef
People Showered This Cleaner With Gifts After He Was Mocked For Looking At Jewelry
"The world is still a good place as long as there are people who live to do good."
Kassy Cho
Egypt's Female MPs Are Furious After A Male MP Said College Girls Need "Virginity Tests"
MP Ilhami Agena had called for young women to take a "virginity test" before enrolling in college. The women of Parliament are now trying to get him expelled.
Maged Atef
Egyptian Mothers Are Angry At How The Government Is Handling A Milk Shortage
Online, people are mocking the Egyptian army after it offered to supply millions of packages of infant milk.
Maged Atef
These Female TV Anchors Were Told To Lose Weight Or Lose Their Jobs
“The eyes see before the ears hear, so appearance is important.”
Maged Atef
Egyptians Are Outraged After This Prominent Journalist Was Deported To Lebanon
Liliane Daoud was arrested from her home in Cairo on Monday night and put on a flight to Beirut.
Maged Atef
Egyptians Are Posting Photos Of Themselves Behind Bars To Protest Solitary Confinement
The treatment of one of country's prominent human rights lawyer has triggered widespread condemnation of the practice.
Maged Atef
This Is What Saudi Women Think Of Their Country's Massive Investment In Uber
"If you know that we have been fighting for years to drive our own cars — and the state doesn't allow that — what makes you think that Uber will change anything?"
Hayes Brown
This Is Why Facebook Has Egyptians Terrified
“Egyptians don’t get to have the internet that the rest of the world has.”
Sheera Frenkel
Egyptians Are Enraged After President Sisi Handed Over Two Islands To Saudi Arabia
Since the decision to give the strategic islands on the Red Sea to the Gulf kingdom, Egyptians have called for mass protests and a lawyer has sued the government.
Maged Atef
The Internet Will Never Stop Mocking The Man Who Hijacked A Plane To Express His Love
Never.
Hayes Brown
Egypt Has Sentenced This Teenager To Eight Years In Prison For Posting On Facebook
17-year old Raaga Imara was charged with spreading hatred of the regime on Facebook.
Maged Atef
This Is What Life Is Like Trapped Between ISIS And The Egyptian Army
Residents across towns and villages in North Sinai told BuzzFeed News they have become targets of both militant groups and the Egyptian army.
Maged Atef
"Signs Of Torture" On Body Of Italian Student Found Dead In Egypt
Graduate student Giulio Regeni, 28, went missing in Cairo on Jan. 25 — the fifth anniversary of the uprising there. His body was found by a roadside outside the city on Wednesday.
Francis Whittaker
Egyptian Capital Turned Into A Ghost Town On The Anniversary Of The Popular Uprising
Streets were empty and many stores were closed in Cairo.
Maged Atef
