First published on Egypt Solidarity As Egypt prepares to host November’s COP27 climate summit, Egyptian activists have issued an urgent appeal to the global climate justice movement not to be taken in by the regime’s claims to speak on behalf of ordinary people in the Global South. In a statement published by Egypt Solidarity Initiative,…
By Fareid Atta On Friday 28 January 2011, a flash mob, equipped with lightning green aerosol cans and donning make-shift gas masks, stormed the headquarters of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP). The graffiti artists showered the walls of the building with messages of defiance. Ten years on, and perhaps the two most enduring slogans on…
Sarah Hegazi was a courageous fighter against injustice and oppression and an inspiration to the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights far beyond Egypt, says Alice Finden. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online This summer, activists…
This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online Tens of thousands of prisoners remain at risk of Covid 19 in Egypt’s overcrowded and insanitary jails, while their families have been denied visiting rights and information about…
A campaign by UCU members at the University of Liverpool and University of Cambridge, which was backed by hundreds of academics from across the UK and Egypt Solidarity Initiative, has won a significant victory. According to leaked documents published on the Academic Freedom Watch website, the University of Liverpool was worried about the potential for…
Updated with details of Sydney, Australia protest Here is a selection of some of the protests held this week to mark one year since the Egyptian revolution and in solidarity with the Egyptian peoples’ on-going struggle for freedom, democracy and economic justice: Sydney, Australia: Sydney Solidarity Protest with Egyptian Revolution One Year On – 25…
Industry in Ismaliya has been paralysed over the past 5 days with workers in 20 factories on strike. A military crackdown on the workers left 36 injured and led to 10 arrests. Read more here.
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