Ahmed Shawkat is a CBS News producer based in Cairo. He has worked for CBS News since 2016, prior to which he worked with several European networks including TVE, ZDF, SVT and Yle. More than a decade ...

The deteriorating health of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah will dominate the upcoming COP27 summit if Egyptian authorities fail to intervene, Amnesty International has warned.

Forty-year-old Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah has embarked on a hunger strike to the death. A leader of the 2011 Arab Spring in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that overthrew the longtime, ...

London — Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent rights activist imprisoned in Egypt, went on "full hunger strike" on Tuesday and intends to start refusing even water from the first day of the COP27 climate ...

Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday and has reunited with his family after spending most of the last 12 years in prison. The writer ...

ALBAWABA - Egyptian outlets announced on Monday that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a pardon for prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. It is worth mentioning that Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel ...

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent pro-democracy Egyptian activist, returned home to his family after a presidential pardon. An Egyptian-British dual citizen, Mr. Abd El Fattah had spent most of the past ...

Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky Ayad, issued a decision on Saturday to remove political activist Alaa Ahmed Seif al-Islam Abdel-Fattah, also known as Alaa Abdel-Fattah, from travel ban lists, based ...

All too often, I can't get out of an airport without encountering an official who suspects I'm a terrorist. By Alaa Al Aswany Those who say Muslim Arab society is not ready for democracy should recall ...