Podcasts about alaa abd el fattah

Il 2 aprile il presidente statunitense Donald Trump ha annunciato l'imposizione di dazi tra il 10 e il 49 per cento su tutte le esportazioni verso gli Stati Uniti Con Alessandro Lubello, editor di Economia di Internazionale. Laila Soueif ha cominciato lo sciopero della fame il 29 settembre 2024, in seguito al prolungamento della detenzione del figlio Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egitto, e dal 24 febbraio è ricoverata in un ospedale di Londra. Con Francesca Gnetti, editor di Medio Oriente di Internazionale.Oggi parliamo anche di:Film • The shrouds di David CronenbergCi piacerebbe sapere cosa pensi di questo episodio. Scrivici a podcast@internazionale.it o manda un vocale a +39 3347063050Se ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità. Vai su internazionale.it/abbonatiConsulenza editoriale di Chiara NielsenProduzione di Claudio Balboni e Vincenzo De SimoneMusiche di Tommaso Colliva e Raffaele ScognaDirezione creativa di Jonathan Zenti

durée : 00:06:18 - La Revue de presse internationale - par : Mélanie Kuszelewicz - Laila Soueif a commencé une grève de la faim il y a près de 5 mois pour demander la libération de son fils, Alaa Abdel Fattah, emprisonné au Caire. Elle a été hospitalisée à Londres cette semaine.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Laila Soueif - mother of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a political prisoner in Egypt - and Alaa's sister Sanaa Seif.

England have won the Netball Nations Cup for the first time after beating South Africa. It proved sixth time lucky for the Vitality Roses after being defeated in the five previous finals. To celebrate, Nuala McGovern is joined by head coach Jess Thirlby and former England Netball captain, Pamela Cookey.Last month, Eleanor Frances received a settlement of £116,000 from two Whitehall departments that she worked in as a civil servant, the agreement was reached without liability. She had claimed constructive dismissal after raising concerns about a lack of impartiality in HR policies on gender and sex. DCMS and DSIT are now revising their Gender Reassignment policies. In her first broadcast interview, Eleanor tells Nuala why she brought the case.With New York fashion week in full swing we take a look at the decline of the body positivity movement. As with everything in fashion, trends come and go but when the body positivity movement hit the catwalk and more diverse models were used many thought the change was here to stay. To discuss, Nuala is joined by fashion writer Victoria Moss and plus-sized model Enrika. Laila Souief has been on hunger strike for 134 days, campaigning for the release of her British-Egyptian son Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is being held as a political prisoner in Egypt. Today she is calling for the Prime Minister to take more decisive action in getting him released. She tells Nuala how she's dealing with the hunger strike aged 68, and what she wants from the government.Inspired by the convict ships that transported prisoners from Ireland and England to Australia and the misogyny that's travelled down through generations, Emilia Hart's new book, The Sirens, explores the healing power of water and sisterhood.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce

On today's show: “Shock and Awe”: Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order Justin Hansford: Marcus Garvey's Pardon Is Part of Undoing “Harms of the Past,” Honoring Black History Journalist Peter Greste, Once Jailed in Egypt, Joins Hunger Strike for Alaa Abd El-Fattah's Freedom   The post Democracy Now 6am – January 24, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on November 9, 2022. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. The world's eyes are on Egypt this week, with the United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP27 – taking place in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. But while Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi positions himself as an environmental leader, one of his country's leading activists could be about to die. Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been on hunger strike for over 200 days, protesting his imprisonment. But on Sunday – the first day of COP27 – he stopped drinking water as well. Will the international community do anything to save him? In this episode:  Mona Seif (@monasosh), Human Rights Activist and Sister of Alaa Abd el-Fattah Episode credits: This episode was updated by Amy Walters. The original episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Alexandra Locke, and Negin Owliaei. Ruby Zaman fact-checked this episode. Our production team includes Amy Walters, Alexandra Locke, Chloe K Li, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei and our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

Mona Seif is the sister of the jailed Egyptian-British writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Her audio profile of him speaks of the person that he is, the injustice of his sentencing and incarceration and the inept failures of the UK government to support efforts to secure the release of a British citizen whose name has been described as synonymous with the 25 January 2011 Egyptian revolution. She concludes by reading his evocative call from prison to Gaza and to the Palestinian people. Sign up NOW at ArabDigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & weekly podcasts.

Der ägyptische Blogger Alaa Abd el-Fattah war Wortführer des Arabischen Frühlings und sitzt seit 2011 fast ohne Unterbrechung in Haft. Eine Textsammlung zeigt ihn als unnachgiebigen Aktivisten und zu Recht gefürchteten Oppositionellen.Von Cornelius Wüllenkemperwww.deutschlandfunk.de, BüchermarktDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

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El presidente Biden debería dirigir todos sus esfuerzos a lograr la liberación inmediata de Alaa Abd El-Fattah y de muchos otros presos políticos egipcios antes de concederle a el-Sisi una reunión privada en la Casa Blanca.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan President Biden should work for the immediate release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and many more Egyptian political prisoners before granting Egyptian dictator President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi a plum White House meeting.

We speak with the family of imprisoned Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah on the state of his health following a six-month hunger strike and amid the growing movement to free him. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We speak with the family of imprisoned Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah on the state of his health following a six-month hunger strike and amid the growing movement to free him. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, recently co-authored the book, "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict," and is touring the United States. She joined the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast to discuss the missile incident in Poland and obstacles to pursuing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. ***BECOME A SUBSCRIBER: Go to TheDissenter.org*** Later in the interview, Medea highlights the work that CODEPINK did on COP27, the climate conference which was held in Egypt. They challenged Egypt's repression and jailing of activists of like Alaa Abd El-Fattah and urged world leaders to pay more attention to how wars fuel climate change. She also addresses how the Biden administration has continued to invoke "state-sponsored terrorism" to strangle Cuba and why that must end.

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s aunt describes the activist’s condition after visiting him in prison; A Ukrainian climate activist and a Ukrainian climate scientist discuss how Russia’s war intensified calls for a transition to renewable energy; Russian environmentalist Vladimir Slivyak at COP27. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s aunt describes the activist’s condition after visiting him in prison; A Ukrainian climate activist and a Ukrainian climate scientist discuss how Russia’s war intensified calls for a transition to renewable energy; Russian environmentalist Vladimir Slivyak at COP27. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

The British Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been on hunger strike in a prison in Cairo for seven months. And despite an appeal by the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to the Egyptian President, he has had no visit from the British embassy or access to a lawyer. Today's Martha Kearney spoke to Alaa Abdel Fattah's Mother Laila about what her son has been going through, and how he is being treated by the Egyptian government. She also spoke to John Casson, Former British Ambassador to Egypt, who warned ministers not to lose interest in the case. (Credit: FREE ALAA CAMPAIGN)

O Egipto está a ser acusado de ter efectuado detenções arbitrárias e em massa para silenciar a dissidência durante as duas semanas da COP 27. A Amnistia Internacional denuncia a detenção de cerca de 1600 pessoas nas últimas semanas. As organizações de defesa dos direitos humanos estimam que no Egipto existam, pelo menos, 60.000 presos políticos. O Egipto está a ser acusado de ter efectuado detenções arbitrárias e em massa para silenciar a dissidência durante as duas semanas da COP 27.  Além disso, a realização da Convenção do Clima em Sharm el Sheikh acaba por afastar qualquer tipo de activismo porque a cidade é protegida por um muro, além dos preços exorbitantes para deslocações e alojamento. Este fim-de-semana ficou marcado por uma manifestação junto ao recinto da COP 27. Um protesto liderado pela irmã do activista egípcio Alaa Abdel Fattah, detido em greve de fome e de sede. Símbolo da revolução de 2011, no Egipto, que levou à queda de Hosni Moubarak, Alaa Abdel Fattah, que assinala os seus 41 anos a 18 de Novembro, foi detido no final de 2019, condenado a cinco anos de prisão por difusão de “informações falsas”, após ter publicado nas redes sociais um texto, escrito por outra pessoa, acusando um oficial de tortura.  Em greve de fome há meses e, desde o dia 6 de Novembro (data de início da Convenção do Clima), igualmente em greve de sede Alaa Abdel Fattah pode mesmo vir a falecer antes do fim da COP 27. Pedro Neto, director executivo da Amnistia Internacional Portugal, denuncia uma COP alheia do mundo que a rodeia, sublinha que “os direitos humanos, além dos direitos ambientais, não estão a ser abordados na sua totalidade” e, talvez, por isso "essa demora nas acções necessárias para resolver problemas de alterações climáticas e defender as pessoas que já estão a sofrer”. A Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Alterações Climáticas decorre até dia 18 de Novembro, em Sharm el-Sheikh, no Egipto.

With world leaders gathered in Egypt for the latest UN climate summit, the agenda could not be clearer. Experts say the policies governments put in place at last year's conference in Scotland will still leave large parts of the planet uninhabitable. The lack of progress has many questioning the COP process.Contributors:Bahar Dutt - Environmental journalist; associate professor, Shiv Nadar UniversityAsad Rehman - Executive director, War on Want; lead spokesperson, Climate Justice CoalitionKatharine Hayhoe - Chief scientist, The Nature ConservancyJoanna Depledge - Former programme officer, UN Climate Secretariat; research fellow, Climate StrategiesOn our radar:Egypt is under fire over the case of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, whose imprisonment has threatened to overshadow proceedings for COP27. Tariq Nafi looks into the case.Prigozhin: the man doing Putin's dirty workYevgeny Prigozhin is the Russian oligarch best known as the man behind Wagner - a private military company - mercenaries notorious for doing the Kremlin's bidding overseas. He's also the creator of a media network which has produced propaganda and misinformation in Russia and abroad.Contributor:Ilya Barabanov - Journalist, BBCCredit: 'All Eyes On Wagner' - a project by OpenFacto dedicated to tracking Wagner mercenaries' activities around the world and their alleged abuses.Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

• Une semaine après son arrestation : L'interrogatoire de Bruneau Laurette se poursuit à la MCIT, ce samedi !! • Premier volet de l'interrogatoire de son fils Ryan Laurette : « les débats de sa motion de remise en liberté repoussés au 18 novembre !! • Présence alléguée d'un sniper à Maurice : ‘Si demain il arrivait malheur à Rama, diront-ilsqu'il s'est suicidé ? se demande Taslima Valayden... !! • Avec l'ampleur du fléau de la drogue et le climat de frayeur qui règne à travers le pays… il ne faut pas laisser les répressions nous anéantir » conseille le Dr Arvin Boolell !! • Plus de 2 ans après le drame du MV Wakashio : Les plaisanciers et skippers du Sud-est menacent de « passer à l'action » s'ils ne reçoivent toujours pas leurs compensations !! • Pêche illégale Butte à l'herbe Grand-Gaube : 167 kg de poissons harponnés saisis, 8 personnes interpellées !! • Approvisionnement en produits pétroliers : la STC change de stratégie et lance un appel d'offres pour six mois seulement, Jayen Chellum reclame plus de transparence !! --Rencontre entre les représentants des différents wards le19 novembre prochain dans le cadre des municipales : la démocratie régionale a été anéantie par l'actuel régime, regrette Rajesh Bhagwan • Horse Racing Division : Un Sud-Africain nommé Racing ExecutiveOfficer !! • L'île Maurice franchit une nouvelle étape ce samedi avec l'allègement du port du masque • L'activiste politique Alaa Abdel Fattah en danger de mort après sept mois de grève de la faim en Égypte : sa famille demande la grâce présidentielle !! • Londres accuse l'Iran de menaces de mort contre des journalistes basés au Royaume-Uni !!

Alaa Abd El-Fattah debería estar en la COP27 alzando su voz ante los líderes mundiales, no en una prisión egipcia al borde de la muerte.

In questo episodio:- Le associazioni ambientali disertano la Conferenza sul clima di Sharm el-Sheikh. Vietate le manifestazioni e silenzio assoluto su Regeni, Zaky e Alaa Abdel Fattah, in pericolo di vita. Di Bruna Sironi- Rwanda: il metodo Kagame contro Fbi e Interpol. Di Raffaello Zordan- La nuova edizione di novembre di Nigrizia: "Ombre algerine, paese inquieto". Il titolo di copertina spiegato dal direttore Giuseppe Cavallini

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Alaa Abd El-Fattah should be attending COP27, addressing world leaders – not on the edge of death in an Egyptian prison.

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The world's eyes are on Egypt this week, with the United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP27 – taking place in the resort town of Sharm El Sheikh. But while Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi positions himself as an environmental leader, one of his country's leading activists could be about to die. Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been on hunger strike for more than 200 days, in a protest over his imprisonment. But on Sunday – the first day of COP27 – he stopped drinking water as well. Will the international community do anything to save him? In this episode:  Mona Seif (@monasosh), human rights activist and sister of Alaa Abd el-Fattah Episode credits: This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Alexandra Locke, and Negin Owliaei. Ruby Zaman fact-checked this episode. Our production team includes Amy Walters, Alexandra Locke, Chloe K. Li, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei, and our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on COP27 Jailed Activist.

Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif is in Sharm el-Sheikh amid COP27 to demand authorities release her brother Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who is on a hunger strike and may be close to death; Sunrise Movement’s Varshini Prakash on what’s at stake for the climate in Tuesday’s midterms; How Arizona Republicans disenfranchised Native American voters after they helped swing the state to the Democrats in 2020; The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on efforts to protect the vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Urgent questions are being asked about one of Egypt's most high-profile prisoners, the civil rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has just escalated his months-long hunger strike, so that he is, according to his family, no longer even drinking water. We hear from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani, and a response from the Egyptian government. Also on the programme: The US midterm elections get underway with the spotlight once again on Georgia; and as climate campaigners in Britain block major roads, Newshour asks, does this sort of protest encourage change, or just anger the public? (Photo: Sister of jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah campaigns for his release at COP27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Sedat Suna/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water as he steps up his hunger strike to coincide with the start of the COP27 summit. Members of his family have warned that the hunger and water strike may mean he could die before the end of the summit. Abdel Fattah is currently serving a five-year sentence for spreading false news. Today's Martha Kearney speaks to Alaa Abdel Fattah's aunt, Ahdaf Soueif, who is an Egyptian novelist and political commentator. (Image credit: AFP)

Also tonight: What's at stake in the US mid terms ? And the head of Amnesty international on jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

Iran: Aumentano le proteste dopo la morte di un'altra studentessa curda. Egitto: AI, restano pochi giorni per salvare l'attivista detenuto Alaa Abdel Fattah. Afghanistan: Dopo nove anni dalla morte del loro fondatore, i talebani rivelano dove è sepolto il mullah Omar. Arabia Saudita: Non si hanno notizie del noto attivista detenuto Mohammed al Qahtaani. Tanzania: precipita aereo. Questo e molto altro nel notiziario di Radio Bullets, a cura di Barbara Schiavulli Se vuoi sostenere l'informazione indipendente www.radiobullets.com/sostienici

Iran: Aumentano le proteste dopo la morte di un'altra studentessa curda. Egitto: AI, restano pochi giorni per salvare l'attivista detenuto Alaa Abdel Fattah. Afghanistan: Dopo nove anni dalla morte del loro fondatore, i talebani rivelano dove è sepolto il mullah Omar. Arabia Saudita: Non si hanno notizie del noto attivista detenuto Mohammed al Qahtaani. Tanzania: precipita aereo. Questo e molto altro nel notiziario di Radio Bullets, a cura di Barbara Schiavulli Se vuoi sostenere l'informazione indipendente www.radiobullets.com/sostienici

La familia del activista egipcio-británico Alaa Abdel Fattah ha pedido al primer ministro de Reino Unido, Rishi Sunak, que asegure su liberación durante la cumbre del clima en Egipto.

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There is nothing normal with the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, arguably Egypt's highest profile political prisoner. This episode is a special one - I chat with Jillian who has met Alaa and they are friends. In light of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, which starts on Sunday and is hosted by Egypt, it important that the case of Alaa remains front and centre. In our conversation, Jillian remembers meeting Alaa, his role during the Arab Spring, his contribution to the Internet and what his current state is. There is an ongoing campaign for Alaa -- #FreeAlaa! We can all help him by continuing to mention his name!

1- "La democrazia americana è sotto attacco”. Alla vigilia del voto di Midterm, Joe Biden punta il dito su Donald Trumpo e sulla sua grande bugia che provocò l'assalto al campidoglio. Nelle ultime settimane decine di candidati repubblicani hanno preannunciato che in caso di sconfitta non riconosceranno i risultati. ( Roberto Festa) 2-"La pace in Ucraina e' l'obiettivo di tutti noi ma siamo ancora lontani”: Il segretario generale dell'Onu esorta la comunità internazionale di fare di tutto per accelerare il processo". Intanto i missili russi sui siti energetici hanno reso insostenibile la vita nei grandi centri. La testimonianza da Kiev ( Natalia Onipko presidente dell'ong Zaporuka) 3-Israele. L'espansione delle colonie in Cisgiordania è stata la chiave della vittoria dal partito di estrema destra Sionismo religioso. In esteri l'intervista a Eric Salerno. 4- “ Alla Cop27 si parli anche dei 60 mila detenuti politici dell'Egitto”: l'appello di 13 nobel per la letteratura. Amnesty chiede la scarcerazione di " Alaa Abdel Fattah”. Dopo oltre 200 giorni di sciopero della fame parziale, uno dei protagonisti di Piazza Tahrir ha annunciato che avrebbe interrotto l'assunzione di 100 calorie al giorno. ( Intervista a Paola Caridi) 4-“ La musica è l'arma del futuro”: a Parigi la mostra “Fela Kuti: Rébellion afrobeat”, dedicata al grande artista nigeriano. ( Marcello Lorrai)

Le chancelier allemand s'envole ce jeudi 3 novembre pour une visite « très critiquée » à Pékin avec une poignée de chefs d'entreprises pour ce qui sera « la toute première visite en trois ans d'un dirigeant européen en Chine ». « C'est la mauvaise visite au mauvais moment », titre Die Welt qui raille « la volonté d'Olaf Scholz de rejouer le scénario de Merkel », d'une époque où les bonnes relations commerciales devaient « promouvoir les avancées démocratiques. [...] Un temps révolu », insiste un analyste dans le quotidien allemand qui se demande « si Scholz doit vraiment être le premier à aller ainsi rendre hommage à Xi Jinping qui vient d'être intronisé empereur à vie en Chine ». Alors que dans le Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Olaf Scholz plaide en faveur « d'un dialogue ouvert et clair » avec la Chine et promet « qu'il ne fera pas l'impasse sur les thèmes difficiles, de la répression des droits de l'homme au Xinjiang à la situation tendue avec Taïwan ». Sa volonté d'un partenariat « plus profond » crée le malaise au sein même de sa propre coalition, note de son côté le Japan Times, qui rapporte les critiques de la cheffe de la diplomatie allemande Annalena Baerbock qui a appelé le chancelier « à tirer les leçons des erreurs politiques commises avec la Russie et à se diversifier en s'éloignant de la Chine. [...] Scholz se jette dans la gueule du loup », estime également le Times qui rappelle que la semaine dernière, « le chancelier a imposé l'approbation d'une participation chinoise dans l'un des terminaux du port de Hambourg, malgré les doutes de ses ministres et des agences de renseignements ». Pékin attend de son côté avec impatience la visite de son « bon ami »  Les médias d'État chinois comme le Global Times saluent « la volonté du chancelier d'œuvrer en faveur de la stabilité des relations bilatérales » et disent attendre avec impatience également « le grand cadeau à la Chine » qu'il apporte avec lui, à savoir l'accord sur le port de Hambourg. « Les forces anti-chinoises en Allemagne » et les remarques de la cheffe de la diplomatie Baerbock « ne sont le fait que de jeunes politiciens qui n'ont jamais été en Chine », assure encore le quotidien chinois. « Cette visite est un vrai coup de pouce à la propagande chinoise », enrage l'éditorialiste de Die Welt. « Scholz est déjà une figure de plus en plus isolée au sein de l'UE », prévient de son côté le Times, « s'il donne la perception de s'acoquiner avec Pékin pour garantir les intérêts allemands, il sapera encore davantage son autorité à Bruxelles et à Paris ». La Russie réintègre finalement l'accord sur l'exportation des céréales ukrainiennes Un véritable revirement de Moscou, « une reculade humiliante » fait même valoir le Guardian qui explique qu'après « être sortie de l'accord samedi dernier [29 octobre, ndlr] en prétextant les attaques contre sa flotte en mer Noire », la Russie s'est retrouvée prise à son propre piège n'ayant aucun moyen d'imposer un véritable blocus maritime sur les côtes ukrainiennes ». De fait, souligne le quotidien britannique, « malgré les menaces russes, les convois de navires se sont poursuivis, transportant des quantités records de céréales ces derniers jours ». Le « bluff de Poutine n'a donc pas fonctionné », commente également El Pais qui se réjouit que le Kremlin renonce ainsi à agiter « l'arme de la faim dans le monde ». Et ce, souligne le quotidien espagnol grâce « aux efforts de la médiation turque qui a signifié à Moscou que les exportations se poursuivraient avec ou sans son accord ». « La Turquie sort une fois de plus sort victorieuse de son bras de fer avec le Kremlin », estime La Repubblica. Même si Moscou « prévient qu'elle pourrait se retirer à nouveau de l'accord », tempère de son côté le New York Times. COP27 : quinze Nobel appellent l'Égypte à libérer son prisonnier politique le plus célèbre Quinze lauréats du prix Nobel, parmi lesquels l'écrivaine française Annie Ernaux ou bien encore l'Espagnol Mario Vargas Llosa, ont écrit aux organisateurs égyptiens de la COP27 ainsi qu'à plusieurs chefs d'État invités, dont Joe Biden « pour les exhorter à contribuer à la libération des milliers de prisonniers politiques détenus dans le pays et notamment au plus emblématique d'entre eux Alaa Abdel Fattah, le principal activiste pro-démocratie », rapporte le Guardian. Le Britannique Abdel Fattah qui a « passé la quasi-totalité de cette dernière décennie en prison », souligne le Telegraph « a entamé une grève de la faim et prévoit de se priver d'eau le 6 novembre, date de l'ouverture de la COP27. [...] Sans boire, sa famille craint qu'il ne meure avant la fin de la conférence le 18 novembre ». Selon Human Rights Watch? « il y aurait plus de 60 000 prisonniers politiques en Égypte », victimes de la « répression de l'autoritaire président Al-Sissi », dit le Guardian.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 45 days in office; Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s sister and Naomi Klein call on Egypt to release its political prisoners ahead of COP27; Kimberlé Crenshaw and Barbara Arnwine embark on a nonpartisan Arc of Voter Justice bus tour to encourage Black voter turnout in November midterms. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Aya Hijazi is an American citizen and a humanitarian. She is the founder and Director of the Belady Foundation that worked to help children in Egypt who lived on the streets. In May 2014 when the crackdown on civil society in Egypt was gathering pace, Egyptian police raided the Belady Foundation's offices and arrested Aya, her husband and her colleagues. They were wrongfully imprisoned in Egypt for almost 3 years.Human Rights Watch called their wrongful imprisonment a travesty of justice. The US government publicly called for Aya's release and she was eventually freed in April 2017. On this episode, we have the honour of speaking to Aya herself. Aya gives us an overview of the political climate in Egypt in 2014 and walks us through her arrest, her interrogation in a police station where she was assaulted and accused of being an American spy, conditions of her detention, the medical issues she suffered from while she was in prison, her sham trial, using her time in prison to learn French, Spanish and drawing as well as how she found the strength to keep on going during those three years. Aya gives recommendations to other former hostages and hostage families on how to persevere through this trauma and tells us what she's been up to since her release.We then discuss what the Egyptian and American governments should do better, how the media can really help make a difference in raising awareness of a hostage's case as well as what the public can do to help. Aya also reveals that on the day of her release from prison, she was taken to meet the Egyptian Director of National Intelligence who forced Aya to attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House – a meeting she didn't want to attend. She was told there would be consequences to her husband if she refused. Since Aya's release, she has been advocating for human rights in Egypt and she talks about British-Egyptian human rights activist, Alaa Abd El-Fattah who has been on hunger strike for months as well as the murder of Italian citizen and Cambridge University student, Giulio Regeni who went to Egypt to research labour unions.   If you prefer, you can watch the video version of this interview on YouTube. For more information on Aya Hijazi, please check out the following:Aya Hijazi's Twitter accountThe Belady Foundation's Twitter accountThe Belady Foundation's Facebook accountEgypt Prison Atlas websiteGet the latest updates on hostage cases we at Pod Hostage Diplomacy are working on including new episodes by subscribing to our fortnightly newsletter, the Hostage Briefing. Subscribe here.You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Support the show

On October 6, 2022, University of British Columbia faculty members Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Naomi Klein from the new Centre for Climate Justice co-moderated a livestream discussion about the upcoming COP27 summit that will be held in Egypt, while the country's most prominent pro-democracy activist, Alaa Abd El Fattah, remains in prison.As the world gets hotter, basic freedoms are under ever greater assault around the globe. These trends are about to collide in dramatic fashion at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, which this year takes place in Egypt, under the iron rule of Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Just a decade ago, Cairo's Tahrir Square was synonymous with a hopeful, youth-led movement for liberation and democracy. Today, journalists are routinely arrested and thousands of political prisoners languish behind bars. With Egypt on the front lines of climate impacts and escalating repression, this panel discussion tackled tough questions about the relationship between meaningful climate action and political freedom. Is it possible to have one without the other? Are Egypt's political prisoners being sacrificed in the name of climate urgency? What are the responsibilities of those choosing to attend the summit? What pressure can be brought to bear in this microcosm of the intersection of climate and justice? What pressure points exist for political action in Egypt's debt negotiations and the government's drive to attract foreign capital in areas like green energy?Hear from Sanaa Seif, sister of Alaa Abd El Fattah, as well as celebrated writers, journalists, and activists Omar Robert Hamilton, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Bill McKibben.Intercepted is publishing a lightly edited version of the livestream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview, Kenny speaks with Jamie Allinson, co-founder with Charlotte Bence, Magpie Corvid, China Miéville, Richard Seymour and Rosie Warren of the important Salvage Collective. Salvage was formed in the context of growing discontent among members of the Socialist Workers' Party with the organisation itself, and now publishes one of the leading journals for contemporary commentary on environmental politics and Marxism, describing themselves as being “for a communism of the ruins.” As well as this, Kenny and Jamie discuss Salvage's latest book, ‘The Tragedy of the Worker: Towards the Proletarocene', and Jamie's independent work on middle eastern politics and the meaning of contemporary counter-revolution.The Salvage Collective's website: https://salvage.zoneSalvage's ‘The Tragedy of the Worker' can be purchased here: https://versobooks.com/books/3727-the-tragedy-of-the-workerPlease consider contributing to the campaign to free the Egyptian journalist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, about whom more can be read here: https://accessnow.org/free-alaa/Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooksSubscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books-----Other links:Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books:Acid HorizonPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizonMerch: crit-drip.comThe Philosopher's Tarot from Repeater Books: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/The Horror VanguardApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardBuddies Without OrgansApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939Website: https://buddieswithout.org/Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/Support Daniel Tutt's work by visiting the Torsion Groups Patreon account: https://patreon.com/torsiongroups

Tune in as Vijay Prashad, Zoe Alexandra, and Prasanth R take us around the world through the most important developments last week. Stories this episode:

As Egypt's President el-Sisi kicks off a "National Dialogue" on human rights, the precarious fate of jailed writer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah exposes the grave climate for free speech in the country.rnrnContributors:rnMona Seif - Sister of Alaa Abd el-FattahrnNancy Okail - President, Center for International PolicyrnAmr Khalifa - Political analystrnSabrina Bennoui - Head of the Middle East desk, Reporters Without BordersrnrnOn our radar:rnFall from disgrace. Ex-journalist turned Prime Minister Boris Johnson is basically done at 10 Downing Street.rnrnMedia, monopolies and the rewriting of Chile's constitution:rnChile is working on a new constitution that has some of Augusto Pinochet's favourite news outlets fighting for their corporate lives.rnrnContributors:rnPatricio Fernández - Member, Chilean Constitutional Convention Journalist & Founder, The ClinicrnJorge Saavedra - Author, The Media Commons and Social MovementsrnClaudio Fuentes - Historian, Diego Portales University; author, The Fraud: Chronicle on the Plebiscite of the 1980 ConstitutionrnBelén Pellegrini - Journalist, La Neta

Ci siamo recati ad Ankara, dove il Ministro degli Esteri russo Lavrov ha incontrato il collega turco Cavusoglu per realizzare un corridoio del grano e sbloccare le decine di tonnellate di cereali bloccate nei porti ucraini. Verrà prodotto il tanto atteso annuncio? Ne abbiamo parlato con Valeria Talbot Senior Research Fellow ISPI, codirige il centro per il Medio Oriente e l'Africa.Successivamente siamo andati in Egitto, dove continua lo sciopero della fame di Alaa Abd El Fattah, attivista egiziano e simbolo della resistenza contro il regime di Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi. Ne abbiamo parlato con Paola Caridi dirige "La Stanza nel Mondo", cura il blog "Invisible Arabs".In seguito siamo atterrati in suolo haitiano con l'aiuto di Gabriella Bianchi responsabile della comunicazione di MSF ad Haiti per scattare una prima fotografia dell'aria che si respira nell'isola.Infine, siamo andati in Germania, dove Angela Merkel, dopo molto tempo, è tornata sotto la luce dei riflettori. Abbiamo commentato le sue parole con l'aiuto di Daniel Mosseri giornalista freelance che collabora con Il Foglio, Panorama, Il Giornale.

L'icône de la Révolution égyptienne, Alaa Abdel Fattah, est en grève de la faim depuis plus de deux mois après avoir été condamné à cinq ans de prison par un tribunal d'exception en décembre dernier. Si ses conditions de détention semblent s'être améliorées, ses proches continuent de réclamer sa libération. De notre correspondant au Caire, « C'est la première lettre envoyée depuis qu'il a quitté Scorpion ». Alaa Abdel Fattah a récemment été transféré de la prison de Tora surnommée Scorpion, la pire d'Égypte, à un centre pénitentiaire dit modèle. Sa mère, Laïla Seïf a pu avoir de ses nouvelles : « Pour la première fois en trois ans, il dort sur un matelas, il reçoit des livres et a le droit de les lire. » Après avoir passé cinq ans en prison de 2014 à 2019 pour avoir participé à une manifestation, Alaa a été libéré. Puis de nouveau interpellé six mois plus tard pour un tweet. Définitivement condamné à cinq ans de prison pour diffusion de fausses nouvelles, il a entamé une grève de la faim, il y a deux mois. « Même si je voulais discuter de ma peur ou de savoir si je suis d'accord, comment peut-il vivre dans ces conditions ? Bien sûr que je dois le soutenir et je le fais, confie sa mère. Je sais que s'il est libéré il pourra reprendre sa vie en main. Peut-être pas en Égypte, non, je ne pense pas que ce soit possible. » Quitter l'Égypte. Pour le Royaume-Uni sûrement, dont il vient d'acquérir la nationalité. S'il y a eu des précédents de libération de binationaux, ceux-ci étaient en préventive. Mohamed Anwar el-Sadate, le président du Conseil national pour les droits humains reste prudent : « Comme vous le savez, Alaa a été condamné, donc nous devons attendre. » Des signes d'ouverture Mais pour le neveu de l'ancien raïs, des signes d'ouverture sont encourageants : « Nous devons être tenaces. Je crois que lorsque le président appelle à un dialogue national, c'est le type de reconnaissance pour le régime qu'il est temps d'apaiser les choses. » Dans un pays qui compte au moins 60 000 prisonniers politiques, la situation est loin d'être résolue. Pour Mohamed Lotfi, le directeur de l'ECRF, l'une des dernières associations de Défense des droits de l'homme en Égypte, la libération d'Alaa Abel Fatah pourrait être une voie vers le changement. « Alaa est une personne active qui représente le symbole de la liberté, de l'espoir. Une indication ou un indice qui montrerait qu'on va dans la bonne direction, ce serait de libérer Alaa. Libérer Alaa donnerait ce signal à tout le monde qu'on est en train d'ouvrir une nouvelle page. Sans la libération d'Alaa, les gens ne voudront pas y croire. » Bien que toute parole libre soit proscrite dans cette dictature, la société égyptienne n'est pas dupe. Elle est inquiète quant à une crise alimentaire en devenir et qui pourrait créer des tensions sociales. ► À lire aussi : Le détenu politique le plus célèbre d'Égypte, Alaa Abdel Fattah, entame une grève de la faim

Mahmoud Salem is an award-winning blogger, government toppler, former politician, political campaignist, and death list survivor.    Salem, under his online nom de guerre 'Sandmonkey' rose to fame amid his blog,  'Rantings of a Sandmonkey'  claiming him various awards including best Middle East and Africa blog in 2006 and 2007, best English blog in the Deutsche Welle Best of Blogs award in 2011. Salem was one of the leading voices of the Egyptian revolution. In 2011, he ran for parliament. In 2013, he was put on an Ansar Al Sharia death list. He is known online as Sandmonkey.   In this episode, Salem talks to me about his experience being politically active starting from the mid-2000s, the Egyptian blogosphere, how Egyptian activists mobilized before social media, Alaa Abd El Fattah, his political campaigning experience in Suez and Sinai (spoiler alert: it was quite hostile), how he deals with death threats, how he ended up on Ansar Al Sharia's death list, and much more. Tune in for a lively (and humor-packed) conversation.   Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b61e7hIA03o Reach out! TahrirPodcast@gmail.com    Streaming everywhere! https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast    Support us on Patreon for as low as $2 per month ($20 per year)! https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast

1- Egitto. Lo sciopero della fame di Alaa Abdel Fattah, una sfida lanciata al Presidente Al Sisi. Da 56 giorni l' icona di Piazza Tahrir, condannato a 5 anni di carcere, chiede con il suo corpo la libertà per se e per le altre migliaia di prigionieri di coscienza. ( Riccardo Noury- Amnesty, Marina Petrillo) 2-Giustizia per Shireen. Al Jazeera si appellerà alla corte penale internazionale per la morte della giornalista palestinese. Secondo il Procuratore generale dell'ANP l'esercito israeliano aveva sparato per ucciderla. ( Martina Petrillo) 3- Per la Danimarca la Siria è un posto sicuro. Il dramma delle giovani rifugiate che il governo di Copenhagen ha deciso di rimpatriare. ( Eleonora Panseri) 4-Mondialità. Il bilancio catastrofico della Brexit dovrebbe indurre i 27 ad essere più compatti di fronte alle nuove sfide economiche e geopolitiche. ( Alfredo Somoza) 5- “visioni del rimosso “ . A Torino il cinema di Haile Gerima” il regista etiope che ha fissato il suo sguardo sul passato coloniale del suo paese. ( Sara Milanese)

Will is joined by returning guest, Nihal El Aaser, to discuss the roots of Egypt's ongoing economic crisis. In https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/bread-freedom-social-justice-egypts-economic-crisis (The New Arab), Nihal argues that “These conditions eventually became the economic foundations of the Arab Spring, the 2011 uprisings that gave us the famous slogan 'Aish, Horreya, Adala Egtema'eya,' meaning 'Bread, Freedom & Social Justice'.” Could Egypt be heading towards another cycle of social revolt? Or does Sisi's regime of brutal repression, which includes the ongoing imprisonment of thousands of activists (like Alaa Abd El-Fattah), make organizing on the scale required unlikely. Nihal is an Egyptian writer and researcher based in London and has contributed to various publications, including Jacobin, Verso, and Africa Is A Country.

In our first episode of season four, Nadia Davids, the President of PEN South Africa, interviews Ciraj Rassool, Senior Professor of History at the University of the Western Cape. Together, they explore the history of District Six, forced removals, restitution, artistic representation, memorialisation, and consider the connection between the District Six Museum and the Tenement Museum in New York City In this episode we stand in solidarity with three activists from Egypt: writer and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer and blogger Mohamed “Oxygen” Ibrahim. You can read more about them here: https://pen-international.org/news/egypt-retaliatory-verdicts-following-an-unjust-emergency-trial-must-be-quashed This podcast series is funded by a grant from the U.S. Embassy in South Africa.

El prisionero político egipcio Alaa Abd el-Fattah, de 40 años de edad, ha iniciado una huelga de hambre, decidido a llevarla adelante hasta las últimas consecuencias. Mientras tanto, el Gobierno egipcio hace todo lo posible para silenciarlo.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Forty-year-old Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah has embarked on a hunger strike to the death, as the Egyptian government is doing all it can to silence him.

Russia launches a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine; Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah undertakes a hunger strike to protest his detention as his family calls for his urgent release. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Russia launches a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine; Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah undertakes a hunger strike to protest his detention as his family calls for his urgent release. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

12 janvier 2022 - Rencontre avec Lina Attalah, cofondatrice du média indépendant en ligne Mada Masr, Ahdaf Soueif, romancière et journaliste anglo-égyptienne, Modération : Alain Gresh, journaliste, directeur du journal en ligne Orient XXI. Retrouvez la vidéo : https://youtu.be/QgF8l_7G5QM Suivez nos évènements sur les réseaux sociaux YouTube : @upiremmo Facebook : @institutiremmo Twitter : @IiReMMO Instagram : @institutiremmo LinkedIn : @Institut iReMMO Soutenez notre chaîne Tipeee : @iremmo Lilo : @iremmo HelloAsso : @iremmo

Poetin zet verhoudingen met NAVO op scherp Het borrelende vat vol spanningen tussen het Westen en Rusland zou binnenkort wel eens kunnen overlopen. Het Kremlin heeft namelijk met twee voorstellen het trans-Atlantische bondgenootschap onder enorme druk gezet. Zo wordt van de NAVO geëist dat het zich terugtrekt uit Oost-Europa en dat de garantie geboden wordt dat Oekraïne en andere oud-Sovjetstaten nooit zullen toetreden tot de Westerse militaire alliantie. Alleen dan kan de situatie rond Oekraïne ontspannen, stelt Rusland. Hierover Pjotr Sauer, journalist bij The Moscow Times en Rob de Wijk, directeur van het Haagse Centrum voor Strategische Studies. 'Gevangenisstraf voor Egyptische activist is schijnvertoning' De bekende Egyptische activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is veroordeeld tot vijf jaar gevangenisstraf. Dat zegt zijn zus, die ook aangeeft dat de 40-jarige Egyptenaar eerder door diezelfde rechtbank werd veroordeeld voor het verspreiden van nepnieuws. Mensenrechtenorganisaties maken zich grote zorgen en noemen de zaak een 'schijnvertoning' van de staat. Ook bij de Egyptische bevolking komt dit nieuws aan als een grote klap. Hierover Ruth Vandewalle, arabist en correspondent in Caïro.

Jailed Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah is sentenced to an additional five years behind bars; Chile elects leftist Gabriel Boric as president; How the U.S. Navy contaminated the water supply for tens of thousands in Hawaii. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Jailed Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah is sentenced to an additional five years behind bars; Chile elects leftist Gabriel Boric as president; How the U.S. Navy contaminated the water supply for tens of thousands in Hawaii. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Poetin zet verhoudingen met NAVO op scherp Het borrelende vat vol spanningen tussen het Westen en Rusland zou binnenkort wel eens kunnen overlopen. Het Kremlin heeft namelijk met twee voorstellen het trans-Atlantische bondgenootschap onder enorme druk gezet. Zo wordt van de NAVO geëist dat het zich terugtrekt uit Oost-Europa en dat de garantie geboden wordt dat Oekraïne en andere oud-Sovjetstaten nooit zullen toetreden tot de Westerse militaire alliantie. Alleen dan kan de situatie rond Oekraïne ontspannen, stelt Rusland. Hierover Pjotr Sauer, journalist bij The Moscow Times en Rob de Wijk, directeur van het Haagse Centrum voor Strategische Studies. 'Gevangenisstraf voor Egyptische activist is schijnvertoning' De bekende Egyptische activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is veroordeeld tot vijf jaar gevangenisstraf. Dat zegt zijn zus, die ook aangeeft dat de 40-jarige Egyptenaar eerder door diezelfde rechtbank werd veroordeeld voor het verspreiden van nepnieuws. Mensenrechtenorganisaties maken zich grote zorgen en noemen de zaak een 'schijnvertoning' van de staat. Ook bij de Egyptische bevolking komt dit nieuws aan als een grote klap. Hierover Ruth Vandewalle, arabist en correspondent in Caïro.

De bekende Egyptische activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is veroordeeld tot vijf jaar gevangenisstraf. Dat zegt zijn zus, die ook aangeeft dat de 40-jarige Egyptenaar eerder door diezelfde rechtbank werd veroordeeld voor het verspreiden van nepnieuws. Mensenrechtenorganisaties maken zich grote zorgen en noemen de zaak een 'schijnvertoning' van de staat. Ook bij de Egyptische bevolking komt dit nieuws aan als een grote klap. Hierover Ruth Vandewalle, arabist en correspondent in Caïro.

durée : 00:04:49 - Comme personne - Ce militant politique n'a connu que six mois de liberté surveillée depuis la prise de pouvoir du président al-Sissi en 2014. Accusé arbitrairement de diffuser des fausses informations, il encourt plusieurs années supplémentaires de détention. Le verdict de son procès doit être prononcé lundi.

Siamo partiti dall'Egitto, dove la settimana prossima l'attivista Alaa Abd El Fattah, il suo avvocato Mohammed Baqer e il blogger Mohammed Oxygen Ibrahim rischiano una forte condanna per reati d'opinione: ne abbiamo parlato con Paola Caridi (arabista, autrice di "Gerusalemme-città senza Dio", cura il blog "Invisible Arabs"). Subito dopo siamo andati in Cile, dove stanno per tenersi le elezioni presidenziali: ne abbiamo parlato con Roberto Da Rin (inviato del Sole24, esperto di America Latina).E poi nel Regno Unito, dove le elezioni suppletive in un collegio delle Midlands potrebbero mettere in discussione la leadership di Boris Johnson: ne abbiamo parlato con Daniele Meloni (giornalista, autore di "Boris Johnson- l'ascesa del leader conservatore e il Regno Unito post Brexit" edito da Giubilei Regnani Editore). Infine tra Hong Kong e Taiwan: nella prima stanno per svolgersi le elezioni del Legislative Council che per la prima volta ammettono solo candidati pro-Pechino, mentre nella seconda si terranno alcuni referendum utili per comprendere le prossime tendenze: ne abbiamo parlato con il nostro Antonio Talia (redattore di Nessun Luogo è Lontano, ex corrispondente dalla Cina).

Laila Soueif is an Egyptian human rights defenders and a professor of Mathematics at Cairo University. She comes from a family of academics and was married to lawyer and prominent human rights defender Ahmed Seif. She is also the mother of human rights defenders Alaa, Sanaa, and Mona, of whom the first two are currently in prison. This episode is in Arabic. الدكتورة ليلى سويف أستاذة جامعية ومدافعة حقوقية, وقد حصلت على دكتوراه فى الرياضيات وتعمل استاذا مساعدا للرياضيات بكلية علوم جامعة القاهرة وتنتمى د. ليلى لعائلة اكاديمية فهى ابنة الدكتورة فاطمة موسى والدكتور مصطفى سيف واخت للدكتورة اهداف سويف. وقد بدأت العمل السياسى مع الحركة الطلابية فى السبيعنيات, وهى زوجة للمحامى الكبير والناشط الحقوقى الراحل الأستاذ احمد سيف الإسلام وهى ايضا والدة علاء عبد الفتاح ومنى وسناء. You have not been defeated - a collection of articles by Alaa Abdel Fattah.

Congressmember Ilhan Omar on negotiations over the Build Back Better Act and overcoming opposition from conservative Democrats; Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw on Senator Jim Manchin's "dirty empire" of coal interests in West Virginia; Revisiting the case of jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Part 2 of our interview with the mother of prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who faces trial before an Emergency State Security Court in Cairo after more than two years in jail.

Part 2 of our interview with the mother of prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who faces trial before an Emergency State Security Court in Cairo after more than two years in jail.

Congressmember Ilhan Omar on negotiations over the Build Back Better Act and overcoming opposition from conservative Democrats; Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw on Senator Jim Manchin's "dirty empire" of coal interests in West Virginia; Revisiting the case of jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We talk about a few new books — ones that provide a welcome escape, and ones that seem particularly daunting — and about how hard it is to write, read, think and imagine the future right now.   Show Notes: Noor Naga's novel-in-verse Washes, Prays was published this spring. You can read more about it on Mada Masr and ArabLit. Aziz Binebine's Tazmamart, Cellule 10 recently appeared in English as Tazmamart, translated by Lulu Norman. His brother Mahi Binebine's The King's Fool is forthcoming in Ben Faccini's translation in August. Impostures is al-Hariri's classic Maqamat, many-Englished by Michael Cooperson and available now. Mazen Kerbaj's coronavirus diaries are online at kerbajdiaries.com. Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi is a classic of Italian literature and recounts a 17th century plague in Milan.  There has also been a fair amount of quarantine writing, such as the NYRB's Pandemic Journal. The Point is publishing a series of articles on what we watch and read during quarantine.  Repression in Egypt continues even with covid-19. Alaa Abdel-Fattah went on a month-long hunger strike, Mada Masr editor Lina Attallah was detained and released on bail, and the latest to be targeted were a couple young (and apolitical) TikTok stars.  New Arabic Translation Challenges are published each Tuesday with roundups on Saturday. Details here or by following #ArabicTranslationChallenge on Twitter.

  We talk about the Syrian writer Dima Wannous' haunting novel The Frightened Ones, translated by Elisabeth Jacquette. It's a book about fear, panic and anxiety -- in one's body and society, between generations and lovers -- that is also somehow a great pleasure to read. Show Notes: The Frightened Ones was shortlisted for the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction; its English translation is now out in the UK and forthcoming in the US.  We discussed the work of Wannous' father, the brilliant playwright Sa'adallah Wannous, in episode 28, “Sentenced to Hope.”  We mentioned concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in Egyptian prisons. Political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah wrote an essay on health and prison before the pandemic.