A Cairo court ordered the closure of independent news site Mada Masr on Tuesday 27 October, detaining the editor Lina Attalah for several hours. Attalah was convicted during the court hearing, as the judge handed down the maximum fine of 3 million Egyptian pounds (about 40,130 GBP), and ordered the website’s closure, and directing the…
From The Cairo Report In the latest episode of Egypt’s brutal, ongoing crackdown on journalism, the Supreme State Security Prosecution has summoned Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah for questioning on Wednesday, October 21, as part of a newly opened investigation, Mada Masr stated on 19 October. The notice provides no explanation for the summons, marking…
Join MENA Solidarity online on 12 October for our AGM, featuring international updates on Lebanon, Sudan and France, a review of our work and discussion of our priorities for 2026–2027.
Briefings / Latest News / Lebanon / Regional / Reports
As Israeli slaughter, war and displacement disrupt lives across Lebanon, schools have become more than places of learning. They are spaces where communities struggle to survive, rebuild and resist. This article looks at the impact of Israeli attacks on education, the experiences of displaced families, and the resilience of communities determined to protect their right to learn and their future. Read the full article.
Campaign / Events / Latest News / Palestine
Welfare Not Warfare: This autumn, the international anti-war movement is taking action across borders. From Palestine and dockworkers challenging the war economy to the fight against militarism and conscription, join the mobilisation, get organised and take action against war, militarisation and imperialism.
By Jean-Michael Yahya Lebanon has been under Israeli fire since 8 October 2023. What many would describe as two phased war between Israel and Hezbollah, is in fact one continuous colonial war on the entirety of Lebanon and the people living on its lands. The ‘first’ phase began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched…
Saudi human rights activist Ameen Nemer discusses Saudi Arabia’s role in the escalating regional conflict, the tightening of security and surveillance, the impact of US military bases, and the growing restrictions on political freedoms. In this interview, conducted by Irang Bak, he examines war, repression, and the future of the Gulf region. Read the full interview.
Nineteen trade union, professional, civil society and human rights organisations have issued a joint statement expressing solidarity with Sudanese workers, teachers and university academics, rejecting mass dismissals and attacks on trade union rights, and calling for justice, dignity and freedom. Read the full statement.
MENA Solidarity is pleased to renew its partnership with Yung Kha Publicity to promote *Life Support*, a powerful new documentary by Daniele Rugo. The film bears witness to the genocide in Gaza through the testimonies of doctors who worked on the ground between 2023 and 2025.
Through their accounts, *Life Support* exposes the systematic destruction of healthcare and civilian infrastructure, and the devastating human cost of these ongoing crimes.
Read more about the film and book your tickets.
Join the London International Anti-War Conference on 20 June, bringing together trade unionists, socialists and anti-war activists to oppose escalating militarisation, austerity, racism and fascism. The conference highlights the link between rising military spending and cuts to public services, and calls for organised resistance to imperialist policies while strengthening international working-class solidarity.
As the threat of regional war grows and Western powers deepen their military footprint across the Middle East, Bahraini opposition activist Dr Ibrahim Al Aradi speaks to MENA Solidarity about political repression in Bahrain, resistance to US military bases and normalisation with Israel, and why he believes the peoples of the region must take their future into their own hands. Read the full interview.
Sudanese workers are facing a renewed wave of political purges and mass dismissals under Ministerial Decision No. (22) of 2026, issued amid war, economic collapse, and the destruction of public services. This is not reform but an attack on jobs, trade union rights, and the very foundations of the civil service. We stand in solidarity with Sudanese workers resisting these measures and call for urgent international labour movement support. Read the full statement
Join us on Saturday 2 May at the Sudan–Congo Conference, where trade unionists, activists and organisers come together to build international solidarity against war, displacement and exploitation. Through political discussion, strategy and culture, we will explore resistance from below and strengthen links between movements fighting for justice and liberation across Sudan, Congo and beyond.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Muzan Alneel — a principled voice, committed revolutionary, and incisive thinker whose work and politics were rooted in the struggle for freedom and justice in Sudan.
Sudan enters its fourth year of war between two counter-revolutionary militias—the SAF and RSF. Both stand against the revolution. Both must be opposed. The future of Sudan lies not with armed elites, but with its working class and revolutionary movement. No deals with militias. No to imperialist interference. Stand with the revolution.
