Her decision follows a call between Sir Keir Starmer and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on February 28, in which the Prime Minister pressed for El-Fattah’s release. But Ms Soueif ...

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi paid tribute Sunday to the Egyptian martyrs on the occasion of Martyrs' Day, noting that the martyrs fulfilled their oath by sacrificing their lives for the ...

But an Islamist political party took power in Egypt’s first democratic presidential election, and then a widespread backlash to its rule allowed President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to later seize power.