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Continue reading the main storyBut the made-for-TV spectacle also underlined the jarring divide between Egypt’s celebrated past and its uncertain present.VideoRiding on top of custom-made vehicles, the mummies were moved in a procession on Saturday from a museum where they had been kept for more than a century to th...

For many Egyptians, a video offered a rare and uncensored view of the coronavirus’s real toll at the peak of Egypt’s second wave of the pandemic.

Shady Habash had been held without trial at a maximum-security prison for two years. His lawyer said the cause of death was unknown.

Moustafa Kassem, detained in Cairo in 2013 and suffering from serious medical problems, had protested his innocence.

Since he started posting videos denouncing corruption in Egypt, Mohamed Ali has set off protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi — and intense speculation about himself.

A cybersecurity firm says evidence suggests the Egyptian government carried out cyberattacks on journalists, academics, lawyers and rights activists.

Hundreds of young people, responding to online calls for demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, chanted “Down with Sisi” and “Leave now.”