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public prosecutor • 8 min read
Contentious ‘joint investigation’ into Regeni murder ends with mutual Egyptian-Italian understanding to part ways
Egypt will “temporarily close” its investigation into the 2016 murder of Italian PhD student Giulio
1 December 2020
Giulio Regeni • 12 min read
Italian FM sends letter to Shoukry requesting legal residences of 5 Egyptian security officials to start Regeni trial in absentia
In Italian law, defendants must be notified of their indictment to be tried in absentia
19 June 2020
Coronavirus • 8 min read
How Italians locked down: Q&A with a doctor in Milan
"It feels like wartime"
16 March 2020
Giulio Regeni • 10 min read
4 years after Giulio Regeni killing, Egypt and Italy grow ties in spite of unresolved case
“2020 must be the year of truth, the year of Giulio Regeni.”
5 February 2020
Libya • 9 min read
Palermo conference: Haftar invited to Tripoli, plan for 2nd Italian conference to discuss 2019 Libyan elections
LNA head Khalifa Haftar leaves Palermo conference with invitation to visit Triploli
13 November 2018
migration • 16 min read
Europe’s migration trade with Egypt
Sofian Philip Naceur and Tom Rollins | Is cooperation between Egypt and the EU putting migrants at risk?
1 February 2017
cinema • 13 min read
Border-crossing on the bride’s side
Laura Cugusi | On a film about a celebratory act of civil disobedience.
20 June 2014
conversations about the arts • 22 min read
How to measure the Mediterranean
Jenifer Evans | Nothing really dies in Cairo, it's always circulating.
17 October 2013
 
Opinion
Lucia Sorbera
The challenge of racism, misogyny and social justice in contemporary Europe
Notes on the Italian general election
12 March 2018
Asef Bayat
Reminiscing Gramsci
It is a tribute to Gramsci to identify the crisis. It is up to us to address it
8 June 2017
Roberto Pitea
The first act of a future populist Italian government?
On the Italian constitutional referendum vote and rocky times ahead.
17 December 2016
 
News
Egypt-Italy relations • 6 min read
Despite backlash over Regeni case, Italian PM announces sale of warships to Egypt to proceed
15 June 2020
Egyptian migrants • 2 min read
Six Egyptian migrants drown off Sicilian port
11 August 2013
 
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