Sharif Abdel Kouddous
 
Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in Cairo. He is a correspondent for Democracy Now!, a fellow at the Nation Institute and a member of the media collective Mosireen. read more
اقرأها بالعربية
 
Opinion
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
City Limits of the Dead
Our bodies are never safe from the people who rule this place. Not in life, not even in death.
21 July 2020
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Insist on justice for Alaa and Mahienour
Alaa and Mahienour are awaiting court verdicts in separate cases on December 30
26 December 2017
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
What Standing Rock can tell Tahrir
Maybe the Standing Rock victory is the pattern of the world: Moments of beauty that cannot last
2 January 2017
 
More Op-eds
 
 
features
Coronavirus • 21 min read
Mike Davis on pandemics, super-capitalism and the struggles of tomorrow
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | What are the political, economic and environmental structures that paved the way for this outbreak?
30 March 2020
Coronavirus • 11 min read
After years of siege and war, Gaza ill-equipped to handle coronavirus outbreak
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Gaza is one of the world’s most densely populated areas making proper quarantine a daunting prospect
28 March 2020
African Union • 12 min read
Intimidation, surveillance, restrictions: African human rights officials describe mistreatment by Egyptian security in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Attendees said they were subjected to unprecedented intimidation and restrictions by Egypt officials
4 June 2019
Donald Trump • 16 min read
US midterm elections: Bad news for Sisi?
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | What the results of US midterm elections could mean for Egypt
15 November 2018
pretrial detention • 14 min read
Putting satire behind bars: The case of Shady Abu Zeid
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Shady Abu Zeid is not a political organizer or agitator, but has been detained for over six months
11 November 2018
Rabea al-Adaweya anniversary • 12 min read
Witnessing a massacre
Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Lina Attalah, Mosa’ab Elshamy and Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Four Egyptian journalists reconstruct the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in dispersal
14 August 2017
 
News
activist detentions • 7 min read
European Parliament adopts resolution condemning human rights violations in Egypt
13 December 2018
 
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