Author: Sharif Abdel Kouddous

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Egyptian soldiers standing at an army roadblock in Cairo (photo: Reuters)

The state's stranglehold over Egyptian society

Egypt's 1984

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's steps to quash dissent surpass those of the Mubarak era in scope and intensity. There is hardly any area of civil life that has not been left untouched by the raft of recent measures to assert control. By Sharif Abdel KouddousMore

After the release of Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah: Freedom of expression at an all-time lowInterview with the Egyptian human rights activist Gamal Eid: A warning shot for civil societyThe economic power of the Egyptian army: Everything under controlMore mass death sentences in Egypt: The breakdown of Egypt's legal system

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